26 March 2014

‘Losers and winners’ for GP IT

The planned redistribution of GP IT funding across England will be “controversial” and “create losers as well as winners”, according
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18 March 2014

Wearables to hit health mainstream

Wellness and fitness activity monitors, such as Fitbit and Nike Fuel, are set to reach mainstream healthcare and will become
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23 January 2014

Ministers support CCIO 12-point plan

Ministers have issued a warm message of support in response to the a new Vision and 12-point plan for chief
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2 January 2014

GPs on collision course over NHS 111

GPs may be set for a collision course with senior civil servants over plans to give patients who dial NHS
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3 December 2013

ROI demands delay tech fund

An announcement of allocations from the £260m ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards’ Technology Fund is being delayed by stringent Treasury demands
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13 September 2013

EMIS buys Ascribe for £57.5m

Primary care systems supplier EMIS has purchased clinical software supplier Ascribe.
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4 July 2013

Clinical informatics needs networks

The development of chief clinical information officers and health informatics professionals requires sustained investment in networks and professionalism, says NHS
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1 July 2013

Wireless access ‘essential’ – Kay

Junior doctors urgently need free access to wireless networks at work, NHS England’s clinical informatics director has said.
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5 June 2013

Meaningful use ‘absolutely essential’, Mostashari tells EHI

Dr Farzad Mostashari, US national health IT coordinator, says incentives tied to meaningful use standards have been ‘absolutely essential’ to
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22 May 2013

Huge support for CCIOs in EPR Debate

An overwhelming 93% of respondents to The Big EPR Survey say that every NHS trust should have a chief clinical
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