BCS: revolution needs clarity and detail
The BCS Chartered Institute for IT has called for “clarity” about the purposes of the Information Revolution and a detailed roadmap for achieving it.
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Healey: revolution would need cash
Shadow health secretary John Healey has said it is “largely unlikely” that the aims of the ‘information revolution’ will be achieved if the coalition is not prepared to invest in its development.
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BCS calls for EPRs within five years
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has called for England to follow in the footsteps of the US by ensuring that all health organisations are using electronic patient records within five years.
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Info revolution ‘needs social media’
The Department of Health’s plans for an Information Revolution place too little emphasis on input by patients and use of social media, a patient feedback site has argued.
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Many blocks on the road to revolution
Responses to the Information Revolution consultation have registered support for its vision of putting information at the heart of the NHS but raised concerns about the practical details and cost.
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NHS ‘lacks skills’ for info revolution
Intellect has argued that the National Programme for IT in the NHS may have left some trusts without the skills needed to deliver the transformation required by the government’s Information Revolution.
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Revolution hard in tough times – BMA
Delivering the Department of Health’s Information Revolution will be “extremely challenging” within the financial constraints being felt by the NHS, the British Medical Association has warned.
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Connelly outlines hopes for 2011
The Department of Health may be planning to move quickly on plans to let patients email their doctors and get access to ‘unpolished’ data.
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That’s 2010, folks
SUS boosted by Operating Framework
The NHS has been told that it should be using the Secondary Uses Service as the “standard repository” for health service data by April 2012.
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