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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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