Salford best practice site visit: Rock stars, roadies and sexy data
NHS IT leaders went to Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to learn from its implementation of electronic patient records and to find out about its DevoManc plans. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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NHS IT leaders say ‘paperless’ possible
Two-thirds of NHS IT leaders say they are confident their organisation can meet the goal to become paper-light by the turn of the decade.
Health CIO
NHS IT leaders not getting on boards
The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and IT directors have clear board level responsibility for IT.
Health CIO
HSCIC Digital Leaders Programme launched
Key NHS IT and clinical staff will connect with the people developing and running national systems for health and care as part of a Digital Leaders programme, being launched today.
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NHS England backs IT leader networks
NHS England is supporting the continued development of the Chief Clinical Information Officer Network and Health Chief Information Officer Network, pioneering best practice and collaboration communities for NHS digital leaders.
Health CIO
CCIO Industry Network launches this week
Digital Health Intelligence Limited is launching a CCIO Industry Network to bring together clinical IT and information leaders from across the healthcare IT industry.
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Digital Health profile: Trisha Bain
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has become the first in the country to appoint a chief quality officer to its board. Lyn Whitfield talks to Trisha Bain, the former director of informatics taking on the new role.
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Going to the end of the line
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been on a ten year e-prescribing journey; and it recently invited CIOs and CCIOs to see where it has got to. Thomas Meek reports.
Clinical Software
My kind of thing
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust won the last EHI Award for the ‘best use of technology to share information with patients and carers’ for its myhealth@QEHB portal. Paul Curran finds out why.
Digital Patient
15 predictions for 2015
There will be a general election, debate about the future of the NHS, discussion about the role of IT, and conversations about open source and confidentiality. Sam Sachdeva asks 15 experts to look over another busy year.
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