Reforms will weaken IT services – survey
Opinion is divided on the impact of the latest NHS reorganisation on local IT and information services, but many respondents to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey are pessimistic about investment and development.
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HEE initiatives support SMEs in NHS
Health Enterprise East is launching an e-learning tool to give small companies and third sector organisations insight into how procurement works in the NHS.
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Lexmark acquires Acuo Technologies
Acuo Technologies has been acquired by Lexmark International and will become part of Perceptive Software.
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Cards could link exercise and benefits
Councils could use smartcards to link prescribed exercise packages to benefits, a think-tank report on the role of local authorities in public health has suggested.
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DH runs £5m tech competitions
The Department of Health has announced two competitions for small businesses, with £5m available for ideas to improve the lives of people living with mental illness or who are at the end of their lives.
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DH plans to become ‘digital examplar’
The Department of Health has said it wants to become a “digital exemplar in Whitehall” in a plan for doing more of its work online and through social media.
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Primary care contractor IT plans out
The NHS Commissioning Board will commission access to national IT services for primary care contractors; who will be responsible for implementation and training.
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GP IT faces anxious start to 2013
Primary care IT leaders have expressed concern about the late decisions that are being made on who will be responsible for GP IT in the future.
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2012 changes to be felt in 2013
The transition away from the National Programme for IT in the NHS is finally underway and will gather speed in 2013, according to NHS IT directors asked for their views of the year ahead.
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Questions, questions
EHealth Insider’s annual quiz is back with some taxing questions about NHS IT in 2012; and there’s a chance to win a prize.
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