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Healthcare IT news in brief

This week’s round-up of health tech news includes the creation of a clinical informatics council in Wales and a delay to the implementation of RiO at Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust.

Ireland races to implement health IT

Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its hospitals, over the past six months

NHS deficits “unsustainable” – NAO warns

The National Audit Office has reiterated its warning that trust finances are “not sustainable” in a report that queries the ability of national bodies and the ‘Five Year Forward View’ to pull them back from the brink.

London NHS devolution deal signed

Chancellor George Osborne and health secretary Jeremy Hunt have signed a health devolution deal for the NHS in London, that follows a similar agreement for Manchester.

Health tech helps during Cumbria floods

Effective use of digital technology helped Cumbria’s healthcare system cope during recent floods that have devastated the region, NHS Cumbria’s chief clinical information officer has said.

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Wales sets out digital ambitions

Welsh patients will access their medical record online and use smartphones to manage their health as part of a five-year digital health strategy published by the Welsh government.

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