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'All trusts' to get some of £260m fund

All acute trusts are expected to get “some money" from a new £260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.
23 May 2013

Surrey builds Rio interface for EDT Hub

A Surrey community provider has built an interface out of RiO to send digital discharge summaries to GPs.
24 May 2013

GPs and pharmacists connect

GPs and pharmacists are communicating directly with each other in a London pilot using Emis and Rx Systems software.
24 May 2013

South Warks eighth Lorenzo trust

23 May 2013

Huge support for CCIOs in EPR Debate

22 May 2013 2

Army mental health app developed

22 May 2013

Central gov signs-off £32m business case

21 May 2013

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

21 May 2013 5

Aura and NI trust develop clinical app

21 May 2013

Commissioning support framework floated

20 May 2013 2

Kingsley Manning named chair of HSCIC

20 May 2013

Liverpool house gets smart

20 May 2013

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'All trusts' to get some of £260m fund

I may be worrying unnecessarily but I'm slightly peturbed by the reference to 'the acute sector'. I am hoping that this doesn't exclude ment...

JamesReed 23 May 2013

Huge support for CCIOs in EPR Debate

Hi Maty Its worth restating that the Big EPR Debate and Survey are specifically asking about EPRs in hospital context. This being ...

Jon Hoeksma 23 May 2013

Big EPR Survey reveals components of EPR

...at least, I've looked in some depth at both EMIS Web and SystmOne, the latter especially as a possible replacement for PAS (in the ac...

Daniel Defoe 23 May 2013

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Special report: systems integration

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Section 251ed

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has had significant consequences for data flows in the NHS. Rebecca Todd reports.
23 May 2013

The Big EPR Interview: Emil Peters

The vice president and managing director of Cerner talks to Rebecca Todd about the action that NHS England needs to take to get electronic patient records into trusts; and what success would look like.
21 May 2013

EHI interview: Mike Farrar

The chief executive of the NHS Confederation wants the NHS to get to grips with IT and information; fast. He talks to Lyn Whitfield.
21 May 2013

The Big EPR Survey: responses

In almost 300 responses to The Big EPR Survey, EHI readers set out some very clear messages about the definition and make up of electronic patient records, and the best way to get them into the NHS. Lyn Whitfield reports.
16 May 2013

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South Warks eighth Lorenzo trust

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is looking at taking CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system under the interim agreement signed between the Department of Health and the company.

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

Barts Health NHS Trust has appointed five senior clinicians to informatics leadership roles.

McKesson UK put up for sale

McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.

'All trusts' to get some of £260m fund

All acute trusts are expected to get “some money" from a new £260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £260 million fund for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.

Nicholson to retire

Sir David Nicholson will retire as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014.

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £260 million fund for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.

James Paget decides against Lorenzo

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has decided not to take CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system under the company’s interim deal with the Department of Health.

McKesson UK put up for sale

McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

Barts Health NHS Trust has appointed five senior clinicians to informatics leadership roles.

Experts warn £260m not enough

A new government fund to boost adoption of e-prescribing will not be enough to help “laggard” trusts start the journey towards electronic patient records, health IT experts warn.

Big EPR Survey reveals components of EPR

EHI readers believe that the government should maintain a clear focus on electronic patient records as it pursues its vision of 'paperless' working.

McKesson UK put up for sale

McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.

Another CSU collapses

The Surrey and Sussex Commissioning Support Unit will close down and look for options to merge with other organisations.

Two Cerner live sites go to tender

Two Southern Cerner live sites have gone out to tender to replace their patient administration and electronic patient record systems provided under NPfIT.

NHS England to publish IT strategy

NHS England is developing an NHS Technology Strategy and Roadmap, setting a national direction for NHS IT.

Rotherham plan to 'deconstruct' Meditech

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is planning to deconstruct its troubled Meditech EPR implementation.

Humber halts Lorenzo deployments

Humber NHS Foundation Trust has stopped all significant roll-outs of Lorenzo while it tackles issues with its electronic patient record system.

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£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £260 million fund for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.

'All trusts' to get some of £260m fund

All acute trusts are expected to get “some money" from a new £260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.

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Experts warn £260m not enough

A new government fund to boost adoption of e-prescribing will not be enough to help “laggard” trusts start the journey towards electronic patient records, health IT experts warn.

Big EPR Survey reveals components of EPR

EHI readers believe that the government should maintain a clear focus on electronic patient records as it pursues its vision of 'paperless' working.

Huge support for CCIOs in EPR Debate

An overwhelming 93% of respondents to The Big EPR Survey say that every NHS trust should have a chief clinical information officer.

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £260 million fund for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.

Big EPR Survey reveals components of EPR

EHI readers believe that the government should maintain a clear focus on electronic patient records as it pursues its vision of 'paperless' working.

McKesson UK put up for sale

McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.

Experts warn £260m not enough

A new government fund to boost adoption of e-prescribing will not be enough to help “laggard” trusts start the journey towards electronic patient records, health IT experts warn.

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

Barts Health NHS Trust has appointed five senior clinicians to informatics leadership roles.

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NHS England to publish IT strategy

NHS England is developing an NHS Technology Strategy and Roadmap, setting a national direction for NHS IT.

McKesson UK put up for sale

McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £260 million fund for hospitals to increase their use of e-prescribing and electronic patient records.

Rotherham plan to 'deconstruct' Meditech

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is planning to deconstruct its troubled Meditech EPR implementation.

Take part in The Big EPR Debate

The NHS is once more being urged to implement electronic patient records as the foundation for paperless working - and it's time for EHI readers to shape the way forward.

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