Examining: University Hospitals Birmingham
In the first of a series of features looking at the decisions that trusts are making as England’s PACS/RIS market refresh gathers pace, Daloni Carlisle asks why Birmingham has moved to Agfa.
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Enter the CCG
Dr John Lockley finds that an aside about email has big implications for his clinical commissioning group. He’s also drawn up an ‘informatics manifesto’ to make proper use of data.
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Freedom song
Breaking Free Online won the ‘best use of social media in healthcare’ category of the EHI Awards 2012 in association with BT. Claire Read finds out what led to its success.
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Coding sub-zero
Despite a lack of heating and a rather unreliable internet connection, spirits were high at NHS Hack Day, Oxford. Lis Evenstad reports.
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Is Hunt’s dream possible?
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s wants the NHS to be paperless by 2018. EHealth Insider asked NHS IT experts for their reactions.
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Leadership key to paperless NHS
Mike Birtwistle, the managing director of MHP Health Mandate, argues there are good reasons for health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s commitment to a paperless NHS, but his vision will only be realised with clinical leadership.
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Secure defence
The Defence Medical Information Capability Programme emerged as the overall winner at the EHI Awards 2012 in association with BT. Daloni Carlisle finds out why, as EHI launches the 2013 awards.
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Driving innovation in Detroit
Lisa Gulker was volunteered to provide clinical input to an IT project at the Detroit Medical Centre and now has a chief clinical information officer-type role. She spoke to Jon Hoeksma.
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Another view: Neil Paul
Our columnist is about to get Emis Web, but he’s worried that because his district nurses are using Emis Community, his working life is going to get harder rather than easier.
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Special report: maternity systems
Many hospitals run their maternity services without a specialist maternity system – or any IT at all. Why is this, asks Daloni Carlisle.
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