Time to power up
Think-tanks, managers and suppliers agree on the vision of the NHS information strategy; but they worry about some of its detail. Chris Thorne reports.
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Fate of NPfIT funds “complicated”
In an exclusive interview with eHealth Insider, health minister Earl Howe hinted that capital funding will be available for NHS IT, but their nature will be “complicated.”
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Ten years to digital first NHS: Earl Howe
Health minister, the Earl Howe, tells EHI editor Jon Hoeksma that the NHS needs to become ‘digital first’ and the new information strategy will help it get there.
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Living in a box
Health minister Earl Howe has launched South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s MyHealthBox project. Rebecca Todd reports.
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IT ‘to move out of back office’ – Easton
The NHS information strategy, which is due out this month, will attempt to create a “mature adult relationship” between central direction and local action, a conference was told yesterday.
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NHS IC collects info on record access
The NHS Information Centre is to collect data on which GP practices are offering patients access to their medical records online.
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PiF to build case for consumer info
The Patient Information Forum is to develop a business case for the benefits of consumer health information with the support of a Department of Health grant.
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IT identified as key risk in NHS reforms
Dealing with the aftermath of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been identified as one of the risks to the government’s latest reforms of the NHS, in a leaked draft of the risk register for the changes.
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Study finds patients spot good hospitals
Patients are good judges of the standard of the hospitals they use, according to a study that compared comments on NHS Choices with other measures of quality.
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Viability of Open Data plans questioned
Responses to the Cabinet Office’s Open Data plans have questioned whether government IT systems and staff can deliver an enhanced “right to data.”
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