Special report: systems integration
The language of systems integration has shifted from interoperability to ‘paperless’ working and ‘integrated’ care. Does this obscure more than it reveals? Daloni Carlisle reports.
Interoperability
Special report: picture archiving and communications systems
England is coming to the end of the PACS refresh triggered by the end of the National Programme for IT’s contracts. But that doesn’t mean there’s no change in the market. Kim Thomas reports.
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Special report: mobile
Mobility is no longer a ‘nice to have’. It’s essential if the NHS is to meet the demands facing it, Fiona Barr discovers.
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Special report: maternity
Maternity units have been slow to take up IT, and while that’s changing, it’s only changing slowly. Kim Thomas reports.
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Special report: business intelligence: information for commissioning
Mississippi uses data on its whole population for commissioning. Could England move in the same direction; and what about the other commissioning ideas out there? Fiona Barr reports.
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Special report: digital imaging / vendor neutral archiving
Special report: workforce management
Are NICE’s new guidelines on safe staffing a major break-through, or the wrong way to think about a complex issue? And can IT help? Jennifer Trueland reports.
AI and Analytics
Special report: electronic document management
Trusts pursuing a paperless or paper-lite agenda are adding electronic document management strategies to their electronic patient record plans. Paul Curran reports.
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Special report: blood and asset tracking
The roll-out of blood tracking across the NHS has been slow, but it is gathering pace. Meantime, trusts are finding other uses for real-time location services, Jennifer Trueland discovers.
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Special report: voice recognition
Can voice recognition make it easier for clinicians to adopt electronic patient records? Fiona Barr investigates.
Infrastructure