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Appy times at London trust

University College London Hospitals is developing and deploying a range of mobile apps and creating an internal app store for staff.
19 June 2013

NHS urged to use IT safety standards

Trusts should adhere to patient safety standards when implementing new IT systems, a safety expert from the Health and Social Care Information Centre has argued.
19 June 2013

Morecambe looks to align Lorenzo deals

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has asked the government to synchronise the start time of the contracts for all Lorenzo sites in the North, Midlands and East.
18 June 2013

CantabMobile used by 100 practices

18 June 2013

CQC consults on 'Ofsted-style' regime

17 June 2013

Portal to flag 'at risk' children

17 June 2013

North Bristol pilots bedside computing

17 June 2013

Surrey and Sussex gets patient feedback

17 June 2013

Surgeons to be 'named and shamed'

14 June 2013 5

NHS England to unleash people power

14 June 2013 1

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

13 June 2013 12

Trust does op checks by web cam

13 June 2013

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Surgeons to be 'named and shamed'

Points 1, 3, 4 and 5 are valid, but if a surgeons figures are good or bad because of good or bad backup services, without in any way blaming...

DANCECLOTHEARS 18 June 2013

98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

After all, it is hardly new, and previous failures should have flagged up the pressing need.

DANCECLOTHEARS 18 June 2013

Surgeons to be 'named and shamed'

I'd rather pick a unit (NOTE A UNIT IS NOT THE SAME AS A NAMED SURGEON MR HUNT) with a possibly high mortality rate as a result of not c...

mrtablet 18 June 2013

Industry view

Industry view: Graham Head

The technical director of Sollis reflects the Health and Social Care Act and Caldicott2, and the issues they are causing clinical commissioners, their support organisations, and the companies trying to work with them.
12 June 2013

Industry view: Anthony McKeever

The chief executive of MedeAnalytics considers the impact of Caldicott2 on the information that new clinical commissioning groups will need to work effectively.
29 May 2013

EHI interview: Peter Harrison

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Industry view: Matthew Swindells

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Special report: systems integration

Portals take centre stage

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Greenfield building site

North Bristol NHS Trust’s big, new hospital needs a sophisticated, modern IT system to help run it. EHI reporter Rebecca Todd donned a hard hat to learn more about its paper-lite ambitions.
13 June 2013

Another view: Neil Paul

Our GP columnist held a BBQ while the sun was out, but his guests took a gloomy view of GP IT.
11 June 2013

From the Heart and Chest

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is less than a month from go-live with its new electronic patient record system. Clinical lead Johan Waktare is tense but ready.
11 June 2013

Joe’s view of feedback

Joe McDonald is disappointed that the latest inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal failed to tackle the regulatory regime. Now, he argues, the NHS needs to learn from Sean the carpet fitter; a man with a keen interest in online ratings.
4 June 2013

Meaningful use ‘absolutely essential’, Mostashari tells EHI

No paper, no trauma

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The Big EPR Interview: Dr John Parry

EDing in a paperless direction

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North Bristol pilots bedside computing

North Bristol NHS Trust is replacing paper observation charts on patient beds with tablet computers in a pilot starting next month.

Morecambe looks to align Lorenzo deals

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has asked the government to synchronise the start time of the contracts for all Lorenzo sites in the North, Midlands and East.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

The NHS has run up £31.5m in legal costs as a result of Fujitsu’s departure from NPfIT in 2008, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee heard during an investigation into the programme's local service provider deals.

NHS England to unleash people power

NHS England will release an NHS technology strategy for the next decade - called ‘Unleashing the power of people’ - this December.

Portal to flag 'at risk' children

Central Eastern Commissioning Support Unit is using a Harris portal to allow GPs to see information about children deemed ‘at risk’ by community colleagues.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

Radiologists 'face battery hen future'

Outsourcing powered by technology will be the death of radiology as we know it in this country, a debate at UKRC concluded.

'Longer Lives' launched

Public Health England has launched a new website showing great variation in early death rates across the country.

E-referrals service gets official launch

The new NHS e-referrals service has been officially launched by Beverly Bryant, NHS England’s director of strategic systems and technology.

RiO trusts to choose new suppliers

Thirty community and mental health trusts in London and the South expect to complete ‘mini-competitions’ to choose new electronic patient record system suppliers by the end of this year.

E-referrals to be open source

Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

McKesson UK put up for sale

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

NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.

'Longer Lives' launched

Public Health England has launched a new website showing great variation in early death rates across the country.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

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98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

Surgeons to be 'named and shamed'

Doctors who opt out of disclosing their performance data should be “named and shamed”, the health secretary has said.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.

E-referrals service gets official launch

The new NHS e-referrals service has been officially launched by Beverly Bryant, NHS England’s director of strategic systems and technology.

The Big EPR Interview: Dr John Parry

NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.

E-referrals to be open source

Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.

98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

£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.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

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