Speakers announced for EHI Live 2013
Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s national director for patients and information, will be the keynote speaker at EHI Live 2013; where he will head a programme of top-name presenters.
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Apps to bridge gaps
NHS England has warned the NHS must change to avoid a £30 billion funding gap. If technology is going to be part of that change, what is doing to support entrepreneurs with innovative ideas? Rebecca Todd reports.
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Suppliers to help define meaningful use
NHS England wants a “strategic relationship” with suppliers to develop and measure the ‘meaningful use’ of integrated digital care records.
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Tech Fund bids must open up APIs
The inclusion of open application programming interfaces in supplier contracts will be a pre-requisite for trusts applying to the £260m Technology Fund, NHS England has said.
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New acronym; new hope?
NHS England has published its guidance on the creation of integrated digital care records for the NHS. Lyn Whitfield has an initial look at whether it will do the job that EHI readers wanted it to do.
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New GP payment service going live
A new service for calculating payments for GP practices goes live across England this Thursday.
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The Big EPR Debate: round table
With just a few days left to influence the NHS England guidance that will shape the latest bid to digitise the health service, The Big EPR Debate round table focused on money and practicalities. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Tech fund to ‘catalyse’ NHS IT – Bryant
The £260m fund initially billed as a boost for e-prescribing will be linked to NHS England’s guidance on electronic patient records to “catalyse” the adoption of IT in the NHS, EHI’s Big EPR Debate round table was told.
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NHS England to unleash people power
NHS England will release an NHS technology strategy for the next decade – called ‘Unleashing the Power of People’ – this December.
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E-referrals service gets official launch
The new NHS e-referrals service has been officially launched by Beverly Bryant, NHS England’s director of strategic systems and technology.
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