Carter: NHS to adopt ‘meaningful use’
NHS Improvement should create ‘meaningful use’ standards for clinical IT systems and use incentives to drive better adoption of technology, Lord Carter’s review of hospital productivity recommends.
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NHS Improvement should create ‘meaningful use’ standards for clinical IT systems and use incentives to drive better adoption of technology, Lord Carter’s review of hospital productivity recommends.
Dr Robert Wachter’s review of the digital future of the NHS will focus on issues of clinical engagement with IT implementations, particularly the role of chief clinical information officers.
A massive new framework tender for electronic patient records, hosting, portals, mobile working and many other digital solutions will be published at the end of this month.
The government will spend £4.2 billion on NHS technology over the next five years, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
Kingsley Manning has resigned as chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre after three years in the role.
This month’s round up includes changes at King’s and Birmigham, a promotion at the HSCIC, and a new vice-president for Orion Health.
A frank report to the Scottish Government’s Public Accounts Committee has admitted that “systemic failure” is responsible for the ongoing failure to introduce new IT to the NHS 24 service.
The NHS is failing to capitalise on productivity benefits by underusing AI for admin tasks,

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the

NHS hospitals have declared critical incidents and reported failures affecting cooling systems, diagnostic equipment and

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected Omega 365’s system to support its major hospital
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