New brooms, old guards, core values
In the first of an occasional series on informatics professionalism for the Health CIO Network, UKCHIP chair Gwyn Thomas says it is time for a renewal of the core values of professionalism.
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Gwyn Thomas to retire from civil service
Gwyn Thomas has announced his retirement as chief information officer for Wales and informatics director for health and social services.
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Hart wins Assembly backing for health IT
Wales is establishing itself as a world leader in the use of digital technologies in health and social care, its health minister told a Welsh Assembly debate on the country’s NHS IT programme.
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Individual Health Record extended to acute care
Informing Healthcare has announced that the Individual Health Record has been used for the first time in acute care. Staff at the Medical Assessment Unit of the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport have been given access to the IHR, which is drawn from GP records and contains key details about a patient’s medical history. The […]
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Wales extends use of emergency care record
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has announced that it is to pilot an extension of the emergency care record, officially titled the Individual Health Record (IHR), to include use in a hospital medical admissions units. From next week, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, who piloted the initial system, will test the expanded component in […]
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NHS Wales signs software deal with Microsoft
NHS Wales has signed a corporate licensing enterprise agreement with Microsoft covering the firm’s latest desktop and mobile computing software. The three year deal is estimated to provide savings of £6.1 million compared to trusts locally negotiating software licensing deals. The deal follows the £500m three year corporate licensing deal Microsoft signed with the English […]
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In the vault
E-Health Insider talks to Gwyn Thomas, director of Welsh healthcare IT programme Informing Healthcare, about how his emphasis is on changing processes, not technology.
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Health Records Infrastructure Programme Ended
The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) has confirmed to E-Health Insider that it has decided to suspend its Health Record Infrastructure (HRI) programme and halt development of live trials. The decision to suspend work on the four HRI pilots before they go live was made by the NHS Information Authority earlier last week as a direct […]
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DH Shapes Up National IT Structures
The "Who Does What" debate at the top level of healthcare IT continues but the HC2003 audience at Harrogate this week got a glimpse on the shape of things to come for the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA), the Information Policy Unit (IPU) and the National IT Programme Department of Health (DH) director of research, information […]
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