Advisory Series: Population Health Management
Population health management is often touted as an important concept for the NHS, and key to ensuring its sustainability. But, as Owen Hughes reports, there will be barriers to overcome along the way – not least the challenges of linking previously disparate datasets.
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Advisory Series: Partnership Working
Digital’s ability to support greater partnership working in healthcare has been frequently touted. But, as Maja Dragovic reports, it’s also increasingly proving the means or motivator for initiatives which extend partnerships beyond health and into broader care.
Shared Records
System C gender pay gap reveals on average women are paid more
System C has revealed that it pays women more than men after it published its gender pay gap, meaning it has the smallest gap when compared to other major health IT suppliers.
News
US government doubles down on health interoperability at HIMSS
New national initiatives on interoperability, including big fines for interoperability ‘blockers’, were outlined at the annual HIMSS18 trade show in Las Vegas.
Clinical Software 2
East Lancashire Hospitals selects Cerner as preferred EPR supplier
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is understood to be in the process of tendering an electronic patient record contract with Cerner.
Clinical Software
Cerner expected to announce cloud deal with Amazon
US health software giant Cerner is thought to be on the verge of announcing a major new cloud deal with Amazon Web Services next week.
Clinical Software 3
Bradford, Calderdale and Huddersfield trusts live with Cerner Millennium
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are now live with a new joint electronic patient record.
Clinical Software 3
Cerner “lowered prices, rather a lot,” to get into GDE “game”
One of the most experienced and highly regarded NHS CIOs has said Cerner significantly dropped its prices to win new business through the GDE programme.
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Wirral implements oncology management system for blood cancer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation has become the first in the UK to implement a Cerner-supplied oncology management system for better management of patients with blood cancer.
Clinical Software
West Suffolk identifies data errors in discharge summaries
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has identified technical problems in its Cerner EPR, known locally as e-care, leading to inaccuracies in discharge letters automatically sent to local GPs.
Clinical Software 2