Swindells strikes refreshingly optimistic tone at Expo
In a refreshingly upbeat speech from NHS England’s famously-candid national director for operations and information, Swindells suggested NHS IT had taken “a huge step forward” in the past two years.
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Shared record system to connect NHS trusts in Lancs and South Cumbria
The Lancashire Person Record Exchange Service enables clinicians to share patient records and notes with other health and care organisations electronically.
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NICE healthcare collaboration in Greater Manchester extended by three years
A major collaboration aimed at improving health and care services in Greater Manchester has been extended for a further three years.
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Thames Valley and Yorkshire and Humber win last two LHCRE spots
A total of seven consortia have been bidding for two remaining LHCRE projects, joining the three announced in late May; London, Manchester and Wessex.
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Greater Manchester LHCRE to work with neighbours toward ‘common capability’
The chief digital officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has vowed to work with “neighbours on all sides” to deliver more integrated healthcare in northern England, following its successful Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) bid.
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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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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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