University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust have temporarily put the brakes on the launch of their Oracle electronic patient record (EPR) system, a trust spokeswoman confirmed in a statement Wednesday. "Our Trust Board has taken the decision to temporarily defer the launch of our new Electronic Patient Record (EPR)," the statement said. It did not provide a reason for the delay, but the HSJ, quoting unnamed sources, reported that difficulties during testing – including with doctors' logins not working – led to it delaying implementation. "Our teams are continuing to work closely with supplier Oracle Health to build on the momentum achieved to date and we will be announcing a new go-live date as soon as we are in a position to do so," the UHCW statement concluded. UHCW is not the first NHS trust to suffer teething problems prior to the launch of a new EPR system. On October 5, Guy's and St. Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) c
Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to play a "transformational" role in the evolution of healthcare, helping patients to take responsibility for their own health care and reducing demands on a stretched healthcare workforce, but a strong regulatory framework is essential, Umang Patel, chief clinical information officer at Microsoft, said. Patel was speaking to Digital Health News ahead of Digital Health AI and Data, a new event running 30-31 October 2023 at London's Business Design Centre. He will share the AI and Analytics stage with Professor James Teo, professor of neurology at King's College Hospital on Day One of the event, presenting a Masterclass on the future of generative AI in health and care. Patel, a trained pediatrician, has already experienced the changeable fortunes of the AI start-up world, as "employee number 10" at digital health start-up Babylon Health, a company that was one of the first to offer virtual a
Dr Vin Diwakar, the incoming interim director of transformation for NHS England, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for Digital Health Rewired 2024. He joins an exceptional keynote line-up that includes Matthew Taylor, CEO of NHS Confederation, Prof. Greta Westwood, CEO of the Florence Nightingale Foundation, and Ana Prado, the CMIO of one of the most digitally mature hospitals in Europe. Speaking recently at Digital Health Summer Schools, Diwakar revealed that every trust across the NHS is currently on track to have an EPR in place by March 2026. He also shared his views across top-of-the-agenda topics such as the NHS App, tackling the waiting list backlog, and digital maturity assessments. The premier educational conference and networking event for health IT, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham on 12-13 March 2024, Rewired hosts a diverse digital health community for an unmissable CPD-accredited programme, digital NHS best practice presentations and multiple networking