Fourteen predictions for 2014
EHI asked a wide range of healthcare IT experts to look ahead to 2014 – in 140 characters or fewer. They picked policy change, tech fund success, and the demise of the onsie as issues to watch…
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NHS England puts IT in five year plans
NHS England has issued draft planning guidance for 2014-15, calling for action on the NHS Number, progress on the digital revolution, and five-year plans to create a sustainable NHS in the face of ever tougher finances.
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Three sites to be IDCR exemplars
Three sites are set to become exemplars in digital record integration between health and social care by March 2015, with support from the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund.
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Incomplete data hits Hants record use
Leading users of the Hampshire Health Record have expressed frustration with the growing problem of incomplete data on thousands of patients, caused by GPs switching to TPP’s SystmOne.
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3millionlives delivery plan by April
NHS England will publish a 3millionlives delivery plan for 2014-2017 by the end of March next year.
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Surge in SCR uptake
Uptake of Summary Care Records amongst secondary care clinicians has been greater in the past nine months, than in the previous five years.
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Hitachi to prove concepts in Manchester
Five Manchester healthcare organisations and Japanese company Hitachi have begun two proof of concept projects to improve healthcare technologies.
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Emis and Ascribe look for ‘sweet spots’
Emis and Ascribe have created a “sweet spots map” of common users to develop exemplars for their integrated care strategy.
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New Graphnet tech for Hants record
A county that pioneered record sharing a decade ago has successfully updated the technology that underlies the project.
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NHS England introduces IDCR
NHS England has released guidance for trusts to achieve fully integrated digital care records across all care settings by 2018.
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