IT, Minister
Obstructive civil servants. Incomprehensible decisions. Who would be an NHS IT minister? Michael Cross asks Tom Sackville; one of the few men to have done the job.
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Roundtable report: IT for Primary Care
The Department of Health published a three-month consultation on a new information strategy for the NHS. ‘Liberating the NHS: an information revolution’ may be light on detail.
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EMIS sponsored feature
‘Liberating the NHS: an information revolution’ may be light on detail, but the UK’s healthcare community is already showing how many of the document’s aspirations can be achieved.
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EHealth Insider diary,
The Department of Health issued a three month consultation on a new NHS information strategy this week that promises – among other things – that patients will be able to rate the care that they receive. Patients, of course, can already do this thanks to the official NHS Choices website and start-ups like Patient Opinion […]
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October revolution
Experts have not been fired with enthusiasm by the government’s ideas for an information revolution. Sarah Bruce reports.
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Give me more
Westmorland is making GP commissioning work; not least because it has sorted out its IT. Fiona Barr talks to Dr William Lumb, who is leading the work.
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EHealth Insider diary,
As health secretary Andrew Lansley casts around for ways to save money, perhaps he could take a leaf out of his Scottish counterpart’s book and ditch physical visits to NHS hospitals for virtual ones. The very marvellous Shetland News (motto: "great is the truth and it will prevail") reports that Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon […]
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EHI Awards 2010: Shire force
IT foundations laid by the healthcare IT champion of the year John Thornbury have helped Worcestershire ride out bad weather and prepare for the financial freeze. Sarah Bruce reports.
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Expert view: Sean Brennan
The managing director of Clinical Matrix asks: supporting the clinician in the community – should there be an app for that?
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Revolting people
Lyn Whitfield takes a first look at the consultation on a new information strategy for the NHS; which the government wants to bring about an ‘information revolution’.
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