EHI calls for CCIOs in info strategy
EHealth insider has sent an open letter to health secretary Andrew Lansley, urging him to include a prominent role for chief clinical information officers in the forthcoming NHS information strategy.
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Clinical audit data to be published
A strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been released today as part of the government’s transparency drive.
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DH accepts Field info plans
The long-awaited NHS information strategy will be released by April this year and will contain a plan for access to GP records and details of how the government will make sure that NHS IT systems are interoperable.
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Connelly: NHS needs ‘plug in’ apps
NHS organisations should be able to choose from a range of ‘plug in’ applications to deliver care to patients, the NHS’ chief information officer has said.
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New body will lead NHS IT
The Department of Health has confirmed that a new body will support NHS informatics in England, while London has set up its own IT strategy group.
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Information strategy v1 shredded
EHealth Insider has learned that NHS chief information officer Christine Connelly last month binned the Department of Health’s first “confused” stab at a new information strategy and has since been writing her own.
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Lansley still fired by Info Revolution
Health secretary Andrew Lansley may be under fire for his NHS reorganisation plans, but he yesterday sent out a clarion call for far more information to be published to drive up the quality of healthcare.
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Tim Kelsey to be transparency tsar
Tim Kelsey, the founder of Dr Foster Intelligence who left last year for the consultants McKinsey and Company, is to become the government’s ‘transparency tsar.’
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DH plans informatics future
The Department of Health is working on a plan to keep informatics services working during the latest shake-up of the NHS.
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Low figures for HealthSpace use revealed
Just 60 patients a month – out of almost 5m with a Summary Care Record – are viewing their SCR via the government’s patient portal, HealthSpace.
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