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Healthcare IT news in brief

4 December 2015

This week’s industry round-up includes the news that NHS Shared Business Services has delivered a new framework and Skyscape has won a contract with Genomics England.

Kelsey: government weight behind NHS IT

3 December 2015

Spending review marks “biggest injection of investment in the rebuilding and redesign of our digital infrastructure,” says NHS England’s Tim Kelsey

Cerner exec moves to NHS England

3 December 2015

NHS England has appointed Cerner’s managing director for population health as the new national director for commissioning operations and information.

10m patients book to see GP online

3 December 2015

NHS patients in England are on track to book 10 million appointments and order more than 15 million prescriptions online in this financial year.

Summary Care Records: GPs add info

2 December 2015

Nearly all of England’s GPs are able to write additional information into a patient’s Summary Care Record from within their clinical system and more than 80% of SystmOne practices have added codes already.

Care plans shared with InterSystems

2 December 2015

Care plan sharing scheme Coordinate My Care has gone live with InterSystems’ HealthShare.

RC Psych backs cSUS

1 December 2015

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the first to back the Clinical Software Usability Survey, launched by Digital Health and the Chief Clinical Information Officer Leaders Network.