New head of Telstra Health UK won’t ‘just push paper around’
David Sharp, head of Telstra Health UK, said he does not “just want to push the paper around” when it comes to population health management.
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Dr Foster to create integrated care system for Lambeth GP Federations
Health data specialists will work with Federations to create bespoke data dashboards, linking the organisations and enabling them to compare outcomes.
Clinical Software
Dr Foster bought by Oz telecoms firm
Dr Foster Intelligence has been bought by Australian telecommunications company Telstra, nearly a decade after its launch.
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CQC appoints Roger Taylor
Dr Foster co-founder Roger Taylor will help the Care Quality Commission roll-out its new intelligent monitoring model across care sectors.
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Surgeon creates ‘Dr Foster rival’
A surgeon has created an online tool that allows people to view the performance of hospitals, measured against five quality domains.
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Septic shock
Roger Taylor, director of research at Dr Foster, asks how so many Bolton patients came to be coded as having a sepsis diagnosis; and what other trusts can learn from the experience.
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Everybody loses, everybody wins
In an extract from his new book, God Bless the NHS, Roger Taylor of Dr Foster argues that technology can save the NHS, by putting the patient in control of medical decision making.
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Poor performers highlighted
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has released a new analysis of hospital mortality rates, identifying NHS trusts that are performing worse than expected.
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The revolution will be digitised
The NHS Commissioning Board’s director of patients and information argues that digital is the biggest single answer to the productivity, quality and efficiency challenges faced by the NHS.
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Trusts say Dr Foster data ‘flawed’
Trusts identified as performing poorly in the Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012 have described the indicators used as “flawed” and questioned the organisation’s ability to assess new integrated care trusts.
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