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What is data science in health care and why does it matter?

‘Analogue to digital’ is one of three priorities - the other two being ‘hospital to community’ and ‘sickness to prevention’ - of the latest 10-year…

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Case Study

Enhancing Urgent Care Digitally

The Health Informatics Service (THIS) has worked with its host trust, Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust (CHFT) and a third-party supplier,…

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Insight

Electronic Controlled Drugs Register at CHFT

Handwritten controlled drug requisition books and registers log the use of controlled drugs (CDs) to record what has been ordered, supplied and…

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Digital solution reducing backlog

A digital solution to remove a cumbersome, time-consuming manual process for validating elective surgery waiting lists is paying handsome dividends at…

Office 365 on mobile

Case Study

Precision planning and teamwork at the core of against-the-clock prisons project

Case Study: February 2023

Audit system a fine example of how the NHS is digitising

Insight

THIS Innovation Easing Care Admin Burden

Ditching paper-based processes is an all-encompassing and long-held goal of the government for the NHS. Going paperless or increasing and improving…

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