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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.
20 May 2013

Kingsley Manning named chair of HSCIC

EHI can exclusively reveal that Kingsely Manning has been appointed chair of the new Health and Social Care Information Centre.
17 May 2013

Commissioning support framework floated

NHS England is looking to develop a framework agreement for commissioning support services.
20 May 2013

Commissioning for outcomes a 'priority'

NHS England is committed to a making commissioning and contracting for outcomes an “absolute priority”, its director of commissioning support strategy and market development says.
17 May 2013

£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.
17 May 2013

James Paget decides against Lorenzo

17 May 2013

Barking digitises breast screening

17 May 2013

Big EPR Survey reveals components of EPR

16 May 2013 13

Whittington goes live with Medway

16 May 2013

EU and US e-health co-operation critical

15 May 2013 1

CSU staff seconded to info centre

15 May 2013 7

Barking picks Medway

15 May 2013

EHI tweets

EHealthInsider: Latest news on EHI Commissioning support framework floated - NHS England is looking to develop a framework contrac... http://t.co/KTD7j2BoaI
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EHealthInsider: Well be discussing the results of the Big EPR Debate Survey in more detail on this Wednesdays #EPRdebate tweetchat 7-8 pm
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EHealthInsider: Liverpool house gets smart http://t.co/sarHIvkMa9
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EHealthInsider: RT @EPRdebate: Well be discussing the results of the #EPRdebate survey in more detail on this Wednesdays tweetchat
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£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

Some things seem clear; this initiative is focused on delivering IT quickly to the point of care, not on bean-counting or 5-year implementat...

timbenson 20 May 2013

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

You also missed Noemalife (Worcester Acute) and Cambio (PAH). Its probably worth asking which solution can be deployed stand alone ...

Charles Gallagher 20 May 2013

Hunt pledges to respect patient data

It's absolutely right that we respect individual privacy. Having sat through endless IG and DP debates over the years, though, I despair at ...

Griff 20 May 2013

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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

From the Heart and Chest

What do David Bowie and weaning the NHS off Windows XP have in common? Johan Waktare, a consultant leading on an electronic patient record deployment in Liverpool, has the answer…
13 May 2013

Septic shock

Roger Taylor, director of research at Dr Foster, asks how so many Bolton patients came to be coded as having a sepsis diagnosis; and what other trusts can learn from the experience.
13 May 2013

Success in sight

The Eyecare Integration Project, which lets Scottish optometrists refer patients to hospital electronically, was one of the winners at last year’s EHI Awards. Paul Curran reports.
13 May 2013

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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.

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.

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.

Kingsley Manning named chair HSCIC

EHI can exclusively reveal that Kingsely Manning has been appointed chair of the new Health and Social Care Information Centre.

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.

Rotherham plan to 'deconstruct' Meditech

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

McKesson UK put up for sale

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

CSU staff seconded to info centre

Around 180 commissioning support unit staff have been seconded into the Health and Social Care Information Centre to deliver the Data Service for Commissioners.

£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.

GP IT funds sitting with area teams

GP IT funding of £186m has gone to NHS England’s area teams, which are working with local commissioners to verify individual budgets.

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.

Spine2 built in-house on open source

The replacement for the NHS data spine, Spine2, is being built using open source components and is due to go live at the end of October.

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.

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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.

£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.

McKesson UK put up for sale

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

Hunt pledges to respect patient data

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will honour patient opt-outs if they do not want their personal, confidential informaton to be shared.

Doctors must respond to digital patient

Adoption of electronic records has reached a tipping point amongst doctors, but clinicians must do more to respond to digital patients, an international survey of health IT trends suggests.

Rotherham plan to 'deconstruct' Meditech

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

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.

£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.

From the Heart and Chest

GP IT funds sitting with area teams

GP IT funding of £186m has gone to NHS England’s area teams, which are working with local commissioners to verify individual budgets.

CSU staff seconded to info centre

Around 180 commissioning support unit staff have been seconded into the Health and Social Care Information Centre to deliver the Data Service for Commissioners.

NHS England to publish IT strategy

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

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.

McKesson UK put up for sale

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

Rotherham plan to 'deconstruct' Meditech

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

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New Choose and Book by end of year

NHS England plans to have a redeveloped Choose and Book service operating by the end of this year.