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NHS IT leaders not getting on boards

The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and IT directors have clear board level responsibility for IT.

Mental health trust adopts e-prescribing

Inpatient mental health wards at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have gone live with an Emis Health e-prescribing system, supported by the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.

Digital doctor to review NHS tech

Dr Robert Wachter, US celebrity author of ‘The Digital Doctor’, will lead a review into the digital future of the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

Leeds is a city with a major teaching hospital with major IT infrastructure

Leeds pilots network integration

The NHS in Leeds is working with the city council on a pilot project to integrate the two different networks used by health and social care services.

app round up

Mobile and app round-up

This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes a link-up between Philips and Amazon, new mobile tools for the NHS from EE, new apps, roll-outs, and research.

NHS 24: ÂŁ117m IT crashes on go-live

Use of a new, £117 million computer system at Scotland’s NHS 24 was abandoned on Wednesday evening after experiencing significant technical problems the day it went live.

Kelsey: November start on DMI data

NHS England will write to trusts in November to kick off the first baseline self-assessment for a new ‘digital maturity index’, its director of patients and information, Tim Kelsey, has said.

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