Paperless NHS a ‘struggle’ to achieve
NHS IT experts say the government’s ambition of a paperless NHS by 2018 will be a struggle to achieve.
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Hospitals to have e-records by 2014
NHS hospitals will need to have operational electronic patient records working by April 2014 to meet the data flow requirements set by the NHS Commissioning Board and as a milestone towards making the NHS paperless by 2018.
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Hunt’s plan for austerITy
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined ambitious plans for a paperless NHS by 2018, linked to the imperative to deliver efficiency savings. Lyn Whitfield heard his speech at Policy Exchange.
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DH report sends mixed mobile messages
The connectivity needed to support a big roll-out of mobile working is not yet in place, a report on the Department of Health’s flagship National Mobile Health Worker project has concluded.
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PwC finds ‘even more’ IT savings
A report from consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers has concluded that the NHS could save billions of pounds a year if “ambitious, proactive NHS organisations” improved their use of information technology.
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Hunt wants paperless NHS in five years
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has set out a tight timetable for making all records and communications in the NHS paperless in a speech to the think-tank Policy Exchange.
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‘Ofsted style’ ratings for NHS
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review to assess the merits of an ‘Ofsted style’ system of ratings for hospitals and care homes.
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Revolutionary road
The government has promised a telehealth revolution; but there has been little sign of one at the events that Lis Evenstad has attended recently.
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‘Revolution in transparency’ for NHS
The NHS Commissioning Board is to lead a “revolution in transparency” which will see the NHS become a world leader in the availability of information about its services, the new government mandate says.
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‘Historic’ mandate highlights IT
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today delivered an “historic” first mandate from the Government to the NHS and highlighted the need to embrace technology to achieve its aims.
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