RoI evidence needed for tech strategy
NHS England’s IT strategy will focus on telehealth, customer service and integrated digital care records, Beverley Bryant said yesterday; although NHS England’s refreshed business plan fails to mention the IDCR.
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£50m of tech fund rolled over
Around £50m of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ will be rolled over into ‘tech fund 2’ because projects could not meet deliverability targets.
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Surge in SCR uptake
Uptake of Summary Care Records amongst secondary care clinicians has been greater in the past nine months, than in the previous five years.
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GP contract trims IT commitments
GPs will have to update the Summary Care Record daily and give patients online access to their SCR information under the new General Medical Services contract for England.
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Live from Birmingham
The NHS needs to focus on transforming the way health care is delivered, rather than on technology itself, visitors to EHI Live 2013 were told. EHI news editor Rebecca Todd reports.
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ISCG strengthens grip on national IT
The Information Services Commissioning Group is to strengthen its role as a national co-ordinator of healthcare IT strategy, will publish its own technology strategy and launch a website, EHI Live 2013 heard.
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£20m of tech fund to go on open source
Up to £20m of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’ will go towards open source development.
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NHS England says no to VistA
NHS England has decided not to pay £7m to anglicise the US Veterans Health Administration’s open source electronic medical record, VistA.
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Hunt hears tech fund applications
Health minister Jeremy Hunt is sitting on a panel assessing two trusts’ technology fund applications today.
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Tech fund second round announced
Trusts that applied for the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund will be updated over coming days about moving on to the second round.
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