Part of Allscripts re-branded to Altera Digital Health
WEB9 May 2022. Hannah Crouch. Allscripts’ hospitals and large physician practices business has officially been bought by Harris Computer Corporation and will now been known as Altera Digital Health. Harris announced in March 2022 that it was planning on acquiring part of Allscripts which covers the Sunrise, Paragon, Allscripts TouchWorks ...
Northern Ireland signs with Epic for £275m EPR programme
WEB10 June 2020. Jon Hoeksma. Northern Ireland has signed a £275m deal with US firm Epic to supply electronic patient records across the country. The landmark 10-year deal aims to underpin modernisation of health and care services across Northern Ireland. It will also see the country become one of the first parts of the UK to get fully integrated ...
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS FT digitisation shows no sign of …
WEB13 February 2024. Jordan Sollof. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a number of impactful digital initiatives in recent years, with more bold plans underway. Head of digital transformation at the trust, Gavin Newman, speaks exclusively to Digital Health News about some of its key digital initiatives, challenges ...
Speculation of national Epic deal with NHS England - Digital Health
WEBOct 7, 2021 · Speculation about a national deal between NHS England and US electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic were fanned last week a decade on from the end of the NHS National Programme for IT. Rumours have been circulating over the summer that Tim Ferris, the new head of digital transformation at NHS …
NHS data centres now fully decommissioned following Spine …
WEBJan 4, 2024 · NHSE confirmed to Digital Health News on 3 January: “The data centres have been fully decommissioned on time and as planned. This was completed just before the Christmas break. The national body moved NHS Spine to the cloud to provide a secure, adaptable and sustainable infrastructure for the health and care system in England.
Largest EPR implementation programme in UK already reporting …
WEBMar 15, 2023 · The Hive programme – which is centred on the Epic EPR – went live last September. It covers 10 hospitals and means that all staff at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust are working on the same system. It is the largest Epic implementation in Europe to date. Planning for the go live began as far back as 2017, when the trust was ...
NHSE announces £16m procurement of teams to support EPR …
WEB22 January 2024. Andrea Chipman. NHS England said it had opened a tender worth £16 million to support provider organisations as they seek to improve their digital maturity and get electronic patient records in place by the end of March 2026. NHSE said its frontline digitisation programme is working with NHS secondary care trusts providing ...
Spring Budget includes £3.4billion extra investment in NHS …
WEBMar 6, 2024 · The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £3.4 billion of new investment in NHS digitisation in the Spring Budget. The NHS in England, which had been facing real-term cuts due to inflation, will also receive a £2.5 billion day-to-day funding boost for 2024/25. The digital investment will come as part of a £3.4 billion in capital investment ...
WHO issues new policy briefing on digital health data in HIV
WEBJan 3, 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines on “person-centred” HIV strategic information as part of its latest policy brief on digital health data. The guidelines are meant to help countries improve the ways in which routine patient data are collected, analysed and used. They also proposed a “minimum dataset that ...
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals implements AI software for stroke …
WEB1 May 2024. Cora Lydon. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented new artificial intelligence software that is helping to save the lives of stroke patients by analysing brain images. The RapidAI software analyses brain images to help clinicians decide whether a patient requires an operation or medication to remove a blood clot.