Wales invests £11 million in NHS devices and security
A multi-million pound government funding package for the NHS Wales’ IT systems and infrastructure has launched by Welsh health secretary, Vaughan Gething.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up includes the news that Gloucestershire Hospitals has again delayed its TrakCare EPR go-live and North Staffordshire hopes to deploy CSC’s Lorenzo EPR in 2017.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up includes the news that Leicester Royal Infirmary has installed a new pharmacy robot and Jersey is implementing e-prescribing in oncology.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round-up of health tech news includes the creation of a clinical informatics council in Wales and a delay to the implementation of RiO at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust.
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Wales sets out digital ambitions
Welsh patients will access their medical record online and use smartphones to manage their health as part of a five-year digital health strategy published by the Welsh government.
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All-Wales more-tests results service
All health boards in Wales will be using the same system for sending pathology and radiology results to GP practices by the end of January next year.
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Celts agree IT alliance
NHS Wales and NHS Scotland have agreed an alliance to share technology developments and expertise.
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Wales pilots GP2GP service
Wales has started piloting a GP2GP service to digitally transfer a patient’s record from one medical practice to another.
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Wales rolls-out patient portal
Wales is nearing the complete roll-out of its My Health Online portal for online bookings and repeat prescriptions.
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Wales integrates health and social care
The Welsh government is investing £6.7 million to develop an IT system to link health and social care services around the country.
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