New data standard published for digital maternity records
The new standard will improve information exchange between IT systems and services, ensuring all clinicians have access to the same data on pregnant women.
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CCIO network launches 12-point plan
The CCIO Leaders Network has released a Vision and 12-point plan for chief clinical information officers, to improve the quality of clinical information across the NHS.
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HSCIC plans a national tech strategy
The Health and Social Care Information Centre plans to publish a national technology and data strategy in summer 2015.
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Info standards site launched
A new website dedicated to information standards in health and social care has been launched today.
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Mentor articles fail NHS Evidence tests
Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS has failed to get NHS Evidence accreditation for its Mentor clinical reference articles. NHS Evidence said it had made a final decision not to accredit EMIS Clinical Immediate Reference articles because of “a lack of a sufficiently detailed documented process around the scope, purpose and rigour used to develop the […]
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Information quality mark launched
The Information Standard accreditation scheme has been launched at the King’s Fund. The Department of Health initiative will award a quality mark to organisations that meet set criteria for producing safe and reliable health and social care information and advice. Organisations will be able to display the mark on their website or literature. The DH says the aim of […]
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Capita wins quality mark contract
The Department of Health has appointed Capita to manage the Information Standard accreditation scheme that is due to be launched later this summer. The contract is the second big information win for Capita in the past year. Last July, the outsourcing specialist won the contract to run NHS Choices for three years, taking over from […]
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Social care to use NHS Number
The Department of Health has announced that the NHS Number can be used in social care to link social care records as well as NHS records. The DH has issued a policy statement on use of the NHS Number in social care which confirms that it must be used for linking and identifying NHS records but […]
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DH wants ISO equivalent for health information
The Department of Health is tendering for an organisation to run a scheme to accredit health and social care information as part of its ongoing choice reforms in the NHS.
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