Special report: Picture archiving and communications systems
Sharing images is a hot topic in digital imaging. Kim Thomas reports on the different approaches that trusts across the UK are taking
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Sharing images is a hot topic in digital imaging. Kim Thomas reports on the different approaches that trusts across the UK are taking
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has gone to tender for an electronic patient record and a clinical and research platform worth £50 million.
EXCLUSIVE: Around two thirds of NHS trusts are sharing discharge summaries electronically with GPs and one fifth are prescribing electronically, early findings from digital maturity self-assessments show.
NHS organisations will have access to £1 billion in capital funding and £400 million in revenue to help them become paperless over the next five years.
A massive new framework tender for electronic patient records, hosting, portals, mobile working and many other digital solutions will be published at the end of this month.
Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with Medway Maternity in a ‘big bang’ launch across two maternity units.