Four global digital exemplars shortlisted in new look EHI Awards
The EHI Awards, dedicated to celebrating success in the healthcare IT industry, returns with a new category – the best Global Digital Exemplar of the year.
News
Advisory Series: Portals
For the second of Digital Health Intelligence’s new advisory series, Claire Read looks at how sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are embracing portals – and considers how the concept is evolving.
Shared Records
The CIO interview: Ciaron Hoye, Birmingham CrossCity CCG
Settling into the CIO Interview hot seat this time around is Ciaron Hoye, head of digital at Birmingham CrossCity CCG. He talks about the barriers of cultural change and inefficient standards, the virtualisation and VoIP projects which have been delivered locally, and explains why he’s not a good fit for a career in sales.
Feature
Mixed digital ambitions for STPs
Digital Health News has examined the some of the first STPs released for their digital plans (so you don’t have to).
Interoperability
Interview: Dr Masood Nazir
The recipient of this year’s CCIO award for clinical leadership talks to Lyn Whitfield about his career, Birmingham’s shared care record, Patient Online, the need for more CCIOs in primary care: and biscuits.
CCIO Network
Davey Winder: Medics texting patient data? It has to stop
The NHS needs secure applications for exchanging sensitive healthcare information. It doesn’t need doctors and nurses sending texts and pictures from their mobiles.
Cyber Security
Birmingham rolls out Your Care Connected
A shared patient record scheme is being rolled out across Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull, using Healthcare Gateway technology.
News
Single child health system uses CarePlus
A single child health system for the West Midlands will operate from April next year, following the award of a region-wide contract to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust and System C.
News
Health IT and Vitality
Thomas Meek visits Birmingham’s Vitality Partnership to see how technology has made snaking queues of desperate patients a thing of the past.
Digital Patient
Birmingham Dental signs with Agfa
Birmingham Dental Hospital has signed a five-year contract to implement Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging unified management platform.
Clinical Software