Stronger security focus to be introduced to HIMSS’ digital maturity criteria
The HIMSS model for assessing an organisation’s adoption of electronic patient records is being updated to include a stronger focus on security.
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Special report: E-prescribing
The benefits of e-prescribing have long been emphasised, and uptake is increasing – albeit very slowly. The next step: harnessing the growing functionality and increasing intelligence that such systems can offer. Claire Read reports.
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NHS hospitals won’t be paperless before 2027
A new report from market research firm Digital Health Intelligence concludes the government’s target for all NHS hospitals to become paperless will not be met before 2027.
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CDMI trends show funds will be needed to hit paperless 2020
Achieving a fully digital NHS will not be achieved before 2020 without significant additional funding, Digital Health Intelligence analysis of key Clinical Digital Maturity Index trends has shown.
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E-prescribing use remains extremely low in the NHS
Levels of electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals remain stubbornly low, with less than a fifth of hospitals making widespread use of inpatient e-prescribing.
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Special report : E-prescribing
The roll-out of e-prescribing across the NHS in England is glacially slow; and the sudden removal of tech fund money has all but frozen the market. Find out more in our Special Report.
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Mental Health CDMI open for validation
Digital Health Intelligence has launched a clinical digital maturity index for mental health trusts and is now inviting these organisations to validate the data.
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Oxford looks to Antwerp for chief exec
Bruno Holthof has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and listed the use of new technologies among his priorities for the organisation.
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Fit for a Princess
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been struggling to incorporate the Princess Royal University Hospital, and now faces some big questions about its IT and its future. Thomas Meek reports.
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Oxford hits height in digital maturity
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has reached the top of EHI’s Clinical Digital Maturity Index following the roll-out of e-prescribing across all directorates.
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