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Nicholson to retire

Sir David Nicholson will retire as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014.
21 May 2013

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

Barts Health NHS Trust has appointed five senior clinicians to informatics leadership roles.
21 May 2013

Central gov signs-off £32m business case

A £32m business case to provide nine southern community and child health providers with TPP’s SystmOne has been signed off by the government.
21 May 2013

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

Army mental health app developed

22 May 2013

Aura and NI trust develop clinical app

21 May 2013

Commissioning support framework floated

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Kingsley Manning named chair of HSCIC

20 May 2013

James Paget decides against Lorenzo

17 May 2013

Commissioning for outcomes a 'priority'

17 May 2013 1

Barking digitises breast screening

17 May 2013

£260m fund to boost e-prescribing

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Experts warn £260m not enough

Wonder if we will be able to bid for funding to introduce an interim solution while we wait from EPMA from a national programme EPR solution...

Reginald Perrin 21 May 2013

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

Really good news for patients and all large Acute Trust should follow this example,best way to improve the patient experience.

Mary E Hoult 21 May 2013

Commissioning support framework floated

So this could be interpreted as an acknowledgement that a proportion of CCGs don't want to spend their time shopping for support services on...

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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

Another view: Neil Paul

Our GP columnist returns to the subject of online patient access to records, and has some radical ideas for making it work.
14 May 2013

From the Heart and Chest

Septic shock

Success in sight

Falling up

Joe’s view of the NHS Number

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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.

Barts appoints five clinical IT leads

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

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.

£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.

Central gov signs-off £32m business case

A £32m business case to provide nine southern community and child health providers with TPP’s SystmOne has been signed off by the government.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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£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.

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.

From the Heart and Chest

Commissioning support framework floated

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

Septic shock

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.