The National Health Insurance Administration of Taiwan and HIMSS have recently signed a memorandum of understanding to further drive the country’s digital health transformation.Based on a media release, the MOU will focus on the…
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China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan has been recently validated for three HIMSS Digital Maturity Models: Stage 7 for the Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), revalidation of Stage 7 for the Electronic Medical Record…
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Professor Bob Wachter has said that the NHS requires ‘a new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies.Speaking to HSJ on Tuesday following an event organised by The…
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) has just signed a 10-year contract with System C for an integrated electronic patient record (EPR) system, which will replace the trust’s in-house built EPR and accelerate its…
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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Epic as preferred supplier in their procurement for an Electronic Patient Record (EPR).Digital Health News understands that Epic emerged as the clear winner in…
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A government commitment to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals by 2023, will not be met, with the failure being blamed in part on a lack of digital maturity.The government had pledged that by 2024…
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) failed to send out 400,000 digital letters and documents to GPs and patients, some dating back as far as 2000, BBC News reported Saturday. The news follows Newcastle University…
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A new snapshot survey of Integrated Care System digital leaders has identified Shared Health and Care Records as their highest digital priority, followed by health provider digitisation.When asked to rank the highest local digital…
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In Asia, getting health information systems to connect and understand each other has been lagging, and healthcare providers and their patients are missing out on the benefits.Now, governments are moving to turn things around,…
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Most Integrated Care Systems are struggling to reach digital maturity. Learning from the best could help them catch up, write Catherine Davies of the Digital Healthcare Council, and Alyson Scurfield of TEC Services AssociationEmbracing…
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