Bridgewater builds integrated record
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust is using money from the technology fund to develop a fully integrated digital care record and mobile access with TPP’s SystmOne.
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£20m on open source in ‘tech fund 2’
NHS England has a £20m target for open source systems in the second round of its technology fund, although the money is not “ring-fenced” for use.
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Sharing and caring
Information sharing to support more integrated health and social care is back on the agenda. But what approaches are healthcare communities taking? And what works? Lis Evenstad and Lyn Whitfield report.
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Open source ‘mix up’ for tech fund 2
A trust listed as one of the open source suppliers in the latest round of the technology fund said it was unaware of its inclusion and will find it difficult to supply interested organisations.
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Open source focus for ‘tech fund 2’
An emphasis on open source solutions in the second round of the technology fund has been welcomed by suppliers, who say they expect significant interest from trusts.
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£240m ‘tech fund 2’ opens for bids
NHS England has issued a ‘prospectus’ for the second round of tech fund money, and given trusts two months to get their bids in.
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RoI evidence needed for tech strategy
NHS England’s IT strategy will focus on telehealth, customer service and integrated digital care records, Beverley Bryant said yesterday; although NHS England’s refreshed business plan fails to mention the IDCR.
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Three sites to be IDCR exemplars
Three sites are set to become exemplars in digital record integration between health and social care by March 2015, with support from the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund.
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IT experts question HES expansion plans
NHS IT directors have questioned whether most hospitals can get the IT in place to allow a hugely expanded HES dataset to be extracted by April 2014.
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Dates with destiny
The NHS has been set so many IT and information targets over the past couple of years that EHI is about to launch a ‘target watch’ to keep track of them. Lyn Whitfield looks at some of the key goals for the acute sector.
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