The ‘magic glue’
28 July 2005
EHI speaks to Beverly Malone, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, about the importance of raising awareness of IT change in the nursing
Opinion
Record hazards
22 July 2005
Dr Glyn Hayes, Chair of the Health Informatics Forum at the British Computer Society, argues that electronic patient records can result in all-too-human pitfalls.
Bringing CfH into the mainstream
21 July 2005
Richard Jeavons, director of IT service implementation at the DH, tells E-Health Insider about his role in pushing IT reform up the local agenda.
Red rose rising
19 July 2005
EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS system from Connecting for Health.
HL7 explained
14 July 2005
In his second article for EHI, Tim Benson from training company Abies explains HL7 V3, the national language of NHS Connecting for Health
Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’
28 May 2025
The push for a single patient record is ill-advised and doomed to failure, writes Joe
Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare
21 May 2025
Traditional methods of evaluation are often too slow, rigid and costly for the fast-moving world
Grafton: ‘The 10 year plan needs to be ambitious – I don’t know if it will be’
14 May 2025
Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, has high hopes for the NHS
Abolishing NHSE diverts attention from local staffing shortages
7 May 2025
Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on
We need to focus on value – and optimise our existing technology
30 April 2025
New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes
