Data, data everywhere
What kind of insights can you get out of 180m rows of hospital and primary care data? Sam Sachdeva joined a London data challenge to find out.
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Barker calls for joint NHS/care funding
The King’s Fund has called for an end to the split between health and social care in a report that calls for a joint, ring-fenced budget for both and a single commissioner for local services.
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Health CIO profile: Kate Warriner
The deputy director of Informatics Merseyside was studying music when she was bitten by the health bug. Lis Evenstad talked to her as she launched a major information sharing strategy.
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Hunt calls for shared records and data
The NHS will not reach its full potential without sharing electronic patient records across health and social care, Jeremy Hunt has said in a speech that once again backed the widespread use of IT in health and social care.
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Lamb supports tech for integrated care
Technological innovation is “critical and central” to integrating care and addressing the financial pressures facing the NHS, care secretary Norman Lamb has said.
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Hunt’s pet project – Skyping GPs
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the NHS to “put its head above the parapet” and make more creative use of technology in a speech to the NHS Confederation.
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Salford plans integrated care system
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust wants to create a single integrated care organisation in the area, underpinned by its Allscripts electronic patient record system.
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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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NAO raises social care alarm
The National Audit Office has raised questions about whether the government’s drive to integrate health and social care will save money and improve services.
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Graphnet care record embedded in Emis
Emis Web users can see the shared care record of patients from within their clinical system following an integration with Graphnet.
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