Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s industry round-up includes the news that all trusts are now members of GS1 UK and some interesting wins for UK companies abroad.
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Genomics England names tech partners
Genomics England has announced the four companies that will help interpret human genomes as part of the government’s ambitious 100,000 Genomes Project.
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NHS England names 100K genome centres
NHS England has named the eleven centres across the country that will drive efforts to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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PM announces £300m for genome project
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £300m investment into the project to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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NHS maps out 100K genomes medicine plans
NHS England expects to have contracts in place with providers by January 2015 for its ambitious project to sequence 100,000 genomes and link the results with a national database of electronic patient records.
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Genomic data project wins cash
An attempt to establish a ‘gold standard’ benchmark for genomic data so it can be used by clinicians is among the projects to win funding from a Genomics England-led competition.
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EHI Interview: Professor Jim Davies
Rebecca Todd talks to the chief technology officer for Genomics England about why the project to link 100,000 genomes to electronic health records has been hailed as “bigger than the internet.”
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‘Tremendous interest’ in genome project
Health care IT suppliers have shown “tremendous interest” in a government project to sequence 100,000 genomes and link these with electronic patient records.
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