The industry CCIO: let’s get serious about usability
In the second of Digital Health’s columns from industry CCIOs, Dr Shaun O’Hanlon, chief medical officer of Emis Group, discusses why clinical usability is so important.
CCIO Network
Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round up includes a think-tank report on GP practice, a link-up between Emis and a decision support provider, innovative work at BMI Healthcare, and a reminder about the EHI Awards 2016.
News
Patient-facing integrations with GP systems run late
The April 2016 target for getting the first third-party suppliers of patient facing services integrated with the principal GP systems will not be met; but the companies involved say it will happen within months and transform the market.
Interoperability
Online pharmacy faces tech problems
The UK’s biggest online pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has left patients without essential medication for weeks as it struggles with technical problems at its new warehouse facility
News
Most read and commented, 2015
Digital Health News readers had a “what the flipping heck” moment in March, judging by the fact that ‘Emis and TPP sign data sharing pact’ was the most commented story of 2015.
News
RC Psych backs cSUS
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the first to back the Clinical Software Usability Survey, launched by Digital Health and the Chief Clinical Information Officer Leaders Network.
CCIO Network
Mental health trust adopts e-prescribing
Inpatient mental health wards at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust have gone live with an Emis Health e-prescribing system, supported by the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.
Clinical Software
First GPSoC integrations live
Two subsidiary GP systems suppliers have integrated their systems with those of principal suppliers for the first time under the latest GP Systems of Choice framework.
Interoperability
Interview: Tracey Watson and Tracey Grainger
It’s all change for primary care IT suppliers, commissioners, and users. Rebecca Todd talks to two of NHS England’s primary care experts about pairing, the new digital maturity index, and long-term challenges.
Feature
Pharmacy fined for selling patient data
An online pharmacy part-owned by Emis Health faces a £130,000 fine after it sold customer details to a direct marketing company.
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