NHS CB tries to spot further Mid Staffs’
The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an immediate inquiry into the five hospitals that show up as outliers on the NHS’ current mortality indicator.
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It’s big, but is it clever?
Robert Francis’ final report into the Mid Staffordshire scandal is huge, but will its impact be in proportion to its size, asks Lyn Whitfield.
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Jonathan Kay appointed ‘NHS CB CCIO’
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed a clinical informatics director to “provide clinical leadership on the best use of informatics.”
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CB seeks ‘exemplar of interoperability’
The NHS Commissioning Board is looking for a health economy to become an “exemplar of interoperability” for the rest of the country by mid-2015.
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Directors of information for regions
GPs can refuse data extract
NHS CB appoints director of data
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Ming Tang as director of data and information management systems.
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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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The revolution will be digitised
The NHS Commissioning Board’s director of patients and information argues that digital is the biggest single answer to the productivity, quality and efficiency challenges faced by the NHS.
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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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