Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland (Credit: Department of Health)
Around 1,600 patient appointments have been postponed owing to an IT outage at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT), Mike Nesbitt,…
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The cost of the encompass digital records system for health trusts in Northern Ireland is expected to exceed the £300 million originally estimated by £60m.
All citizens in Northern Ireland are able to access a…
A project to support the transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has been completed, with the go-live of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) at the final two health and social care trusts.
Western…
All citizens in Northern Ireland are now able to access a single digital care record, following roll-out of the encompass patient record system at the final two health and care trusts.
Southern Health and Social…
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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Northern Ireland’s department of health has set out a timescale for the rollout of a patient portal which allows people to view parts of their medical records.
The My Care portal has been created to…
Kepler Vision Technologies has announced a brand new feature to its Night Nurse system that analyses a patient’s lying position to monitor when they need to be moved to help eliminate the risk of…
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A new electronic patient record (EPR) has gone live at South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, the first step in digitising health and care records in the country for more…
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