Can the ‘have-nots’ overtake Exemplars in the interoperability stakes?
Are exemplar programmes really the only answer to NHS interoperability? Felim McCarthy thinks otherwise and looks at how those not invited to bid to become a Local Health and Care Record Exemplar could become interoperability heroes.
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Four new integrated care systems announced by NHS England
Gloucestershire, West Yorkshire and Harrogate, Suffolk and North East Essex and North Cumbria are to join NHS England’s integrated care development programme, the organisation has announced.
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Greater Manchester, Wessex and One London selected as LHCREs
The three areas, which have a total population of around 14 million, will receive £7.5m over two years and are tasked with putting in place an electronic shared local health and care record by building on existing local work.
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Will Smart: England to get first HIMSS 7 hospitals before year’s end
NHS England will have its first HIMSS Stage 7 hospitals by the end of 2018, Will Smart has said, as he laid out his vision to offer ‘comprehensive, longitudinal care records’ for all 55 million English citizens within the next five years.
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Yorkshire and Humber commits to more integrated care
The Yorkshire and Humber Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) group has announced that it plans to deliver a “cohort of the willing” regardless of the outcome of its LHCRE bid.
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Bids for Local Health and Care Record Exemplar status due tomorrow
Regional health and care collaborative communities in England have until tomorrow (26 April) to submit their bids for LHCRE status.
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