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Southern trusts to get £50m central funds before March 2019

18 April 2016

More than £50 million in central government money is yet to be paid to southern NHS trusts to deploy new clinical IT systems before March 2019.

Healthcare IT news in brief

15 April 2016

This week’s round up includes a think-tank report on GP practice, a link-up between Emis and a decision support provider, innovative work at BMI Healthcare, and a reminder about the EHI Awards 2016.

First Clinical Software Usability Survey reaches milestone

14 April 2016

Digital Health Intelligence has completed the first phase of the Clinical Software Usability Survey after collecting ratings for more than 100 systems from more than 1,300 clinicians; and has begun to analyse the data.

Scotland links Orion clinical portals

14 April 2016

West of Scotland’s health boards plan to share information by connecting their Orion clinical portals, creating a regional view of patient records.

London surgery broadcast via virtual reality tech

13 April 2016

An operation performed tomorrow (14 April) at a London hospital on a patient with colon cancer will be the first in the world to be broadcast live through virtual reality technology.

NHS England publishes ‘mixed’ picture of digital maturity

12 April 2016

NHS England has published data on a series of self-reported digital maturity measures for 239 NHS trusts.

NPfIT contracts to get further £500m

12 April 2016

Hospital IT contracts set up under the National Programme for IT will continue to be funded to the tune of £500 million up to 2020, NHS England has said.