Special report: Pathology
David West is a proponent of digital pathology, and one of a growing band of people who believe its benefits don’t just lie in improving efficiency. By combining slide scanners with sophisticated software, the hope is that digitisation will assist pathologists in making better diagnoses of serious disease.
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The CIO interview: Lisa Emery, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lisa Emery, CIO at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, talks to Digital Health News about the importance of resilience and why she hates jam doughnuts.
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Health IT news in brief
Today’s health IT news in brief covers the rollout of a paediatric diabetes information management system, a new accreditation for System C’s maternity software, and the launch of an inquiry into decision making algorithms.
Clinical Software
Special report: Digital Patient
Achieving a shift to digital patient services is a golden thread of STP plans, Claire Read examines how the landscape is shifting and attitudes are changing to the diverse range of new tools and services that place patients in control of their health, but the key challenge remains reaching scale.
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CCIO profile: Bolton’s team
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is unusual in having not just one chief clinical information officer, but four. Claire Read discovers they all have the same aims, but valuably different perspectives on achieving them.
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Epic ups and downs at Cambridge
A week and a half after its launch, Epic is “starting to deliver some real benefits” to Cambridge University Hospitals – but the implementation has not been without teething problems.
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IDCR with Treasury for approval – Bryant
The much anticipated announcement of which trusts have secured funding from the second round of tech fund bids is in Danny Alexander’s inbox, awaiting approval, Beverley Bryant told EHI Live 2014.
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RCP progresses PRSB
The Professional Records Standards Body hopes to have established a formal service for the maintenance and development of clinical records standards by early next year, its chair has revealed.
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CCIOs ‘ideally placed’ to navigate IG
Chief clinical information officers are ideally placed to navigate tensions between patient safety and information governance when it comes to data sharing, the chair of the Royal College of General Practitioner has suggested.
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CCIOs need teams – Jonathan Kay
More chief clinical information officers are being appointed, but now they need to work in teams, Professor Jonathan Kay has told the second CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference at EHI Live 2013.
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