Tag Archives: eHealth

NHS e-health systems ‘risk patient safety’

Hospitals across England are using 21 separate electronic systems to record patient health care – risking patient safety, researchers suggest. A team at Imperial College say the systems cannot “talk” to each other, making cross-referencing difficult and potentially leading to “errors”. Of 121 million patient interactions, there were 11 million where information from a previous… Read More »

eHealth Exchange selects InterSystems as it eyes expansion

The country’s largest nationwide health information network is pursuing expansion plans and is adopting a new technology platform to do it. The eHealth Exchange will implement InterSystems’ HealthShare suite of connected health solutions to help develop initial enhancements to its network. The Vienna, Va.-based network plans to accelerate network expansion and introduce new use cases,… Read More »