15 December 2015

Enter the CCG: deals with conflicts of interest

Dr John Lockley argues that conflicts of interest are inevitable. It’s how you deal with them – and whether you
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11 December 2015

Tom’s digital disruptors: app up this winter

‘Tis the season for newspaper headlines about NHS ‘winter pressures’. Thomas Meek looks at some of the apps and other
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9 December 2015

Berks on track: Reading hospital reboots its use of Millennium

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has committed to retaining Cerner Millennium as its core electronic patient record. Despite a
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1 December 2015

Joe’s view: of the clinical software usability survey

Joe McDonald explains why Digital Health and the CCIO Network are running a survey of usability of electronic patient records
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24 November 2015

Industry view: Does blockchain have a role in digital health?

Aridhia’s chief technology officer, Rodrigo Barnes, explains how the blockchain technology that underpins Bitcoin is being explored for other transactions
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23 November 2015

Final score: NPfIT in mental health and community services

As the National Programme for IT in the NHS drew to a close in London and the South, Rebecca McBeth
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17 November 2015

Another view: returns to IT for GP federations

Neil Paul has been asked to advise an IT company on the changing face of general practice and its IT
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16 November 2015

Standard bearers: using safety standards in IT implementations

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is promoting the use of standards and safety cases to improve healthcare IT
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10 November 2015

Tom’s digital disruptors: testing times for apps

The NHS Apps Library has closed after concerns were raised about the effectiveness and security of the apps it endorsed.
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10 November 2015

Can the NHS bank on IT for productivity gains?

NHS England is bidding for billions of IT investment to improve NHS productivity. A McKinsey presentation shows that if it
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