The vision thing
Adrian Byrne considers the impact of health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s call for a ‘paperless’ NHS. Is it clear what it is meant to be achieved? And will it be worth achieving?
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NHS E to publish telehealth toolkit
NHS England’s Technology Enabled Care Services programme will publish a telehealth toolkit for commissioners later this autumn.
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Joe’s view: open EHR
Joe McDonald remembers the days of dial up and proprietary web packages. Can the NHS learn from the move to virtually free software and open communities?
CCIO Network
Made to measure
Dose monitoring should deliver many benefits, but it’s proving hard to sell to NHS trusts. Kim Thomas reports ahead of the annual meeting of the UK Imaging Informatics Group this autumn.
Clinical Software
Care.data pilots to be chosen ‘shortly’
Between two and four clinical commissioning groups will be selected “in the coming weeks” to begin the pathfinder stage of the care.data programme.
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Health CIO profile: Thomas Poulter
The IM&T director at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is revamping its IT ahead of a move to a new hospital in 2018. Sam Sachdeva reports.
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Apple tightens health data rules
Apple has tightened privacy rules for developers collecting data from apps using its new HealthKit platform as it launches a range of new products – including the Apple Watch.
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Break down information silos – Poulter
Breaking down information silos between different health providers is essential if the government is to successfully join up health and social care, health minister Dr Dan Poulter has said.
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NIB strategy due ‘later this year’
The National Information Board is set to release its long awaited informatics strategy later this year, outlining a ten-year plan for how to make the most of data and technology in healthcare.
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Barker calls for joint NHS/care funding
The King’s Fund has called for an end to the split between health and social care in a report that calls for a joint, ring-fenced budget for both and a single commissioner for local services.
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