GPs face EMIS IT outage at busiest time of the week
An outage to the EMIS IT system caused “chaos” for GPs in England when access was cut off to appointment booking systems and patient records at the busiest time of the week.
EMIS is the…
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New data laws will allow patient data to be shared across the NHS
A new bill which will allow patients’ data to be easily transferable across the NHS has been introduced to Parliament.
Delivered by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), the bill will require IT…
Translation tech for patients trialled in Northern Ireland
Image of staff at the Daisy Hill Hospital Emergency Department provided by Southern Health and Social Care Trust
A handheld translation device is being trialled across the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in…
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Electronic prescription service now live in every Welsh health board
The electronic prescription service (EPS) is now available at some GP practices and community pharmacies in every health board in Wales following go lives in Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University…
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One in three GPs say their work computers are ‘not fit for purpose’
A third of GPs (30%) report that their work PC or laptop software is not fit for purpose, according to results of a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) poll.
The survey, which was responded…
LungHealth software to launch at 150 GP practices in Manchester
Software which enables computer-guided consultations is being rolled out to 150 GP practices across Greater Manchester, with the aim of supporting better adult asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care.
The clinically-validated LungHealth solution…
Nearly a third of Australian GPs not using My Health Record: survey
A new nationwide survey report has highlighted a significant number of general practitioners in Australia rarely or not using the national digital health record system.31% out of 3,000 polled in the Royal Australian College…
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Somerset ICB integrates shared care record with Dorset GP data
Clinicians at Yeovil Hospital are now able to access Dorset patients’ GP data through Somerset’s shared care record following a data-sharing integration.
Around 30% of the hospital’s patients are from Dorset, but clinicians were not…
Keeping 300,000 out of hospitals through AI
Implementing AI at a national scale, particularly in such critical industries as healthcare, is no easy feat. In the HIMSS24 APAC session, “Implementing AI-Powered Triage for a National Virtual and Digital Front Door,” Dr Nirvana…
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Keeping 300,000 people out of hospitals through AI
Implementing AI at a national scale, particularly in such critical industries as healthcare, is no easy feat. In the HIMSS24 APAC session, “Implementing AI-Powered Triage for a National Virtual and Digital Front Door,” Dr Nirvana…
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