Wireless access ‘essential’ – Kay
Junior doctors urgently need free access to wireless networks at work, NHS England’s clinical informatics director has said.
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CCIO structure for UCLH
University College London Hospitals is recruiting a chief clinical information officer and will appoint three clinical leads for IT.
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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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Making nursing better
The CCIO Leaders Network held its second annual conference for nurses recently, and the event buzzed with enthusiasm for technology and the great things that can be done with the information it generates. Claire Read reports.
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Sweet IT, Alabama
Claire Read talks to Jorge Alsip, an emergency physician who became fascinated with IT, implemented Cerner Millennium
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Merseyside creates clinical IT ops group
Informatics Merseyside has set up an operational group of clinical IT leads to drive the informatics agenda across the Merseyside health economy.
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Enter the CCG
Dr John Lockley, a GP and clinical lead for informatics at NHS Bedfordshire CCG, thinks he may have a solution to discharge woes.
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Push me, pull you
Claire Read talks to the chief medical information officer and chief nursing information officer of a US healthcare provider; and finds they bring different but complimentary approaches to their roles.
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Huge support for CCIOs in EPR Debate
An overwhelming 93% of respondents to The Big EPR Survey say that every NHS trust should have a chief clinical information officer.
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EHI interview: Mike Farrar
The chief executive of the NHS Confederation wants the NHS to get to grips with IT and information; fast. He talks to Lyn Whitfield.
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