Exemption to share SUS data granted
NHS England has been granted a six-month exemption to allow patient-identifiable data to flow to commissioners.
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The Big EPR Interview: Dr John Parry
The clinical director of TPP talks to Rebecca Todd about how it wants to see The Big EPR Debate shifted from systems to outcomes; and from trusts to whole health economies.
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Half of US docs claim meaningful use
US Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has claimed a “tipping point” has been reached in America’s adoption of electronic health records, with 50% of eligible professionals claiming ‘meaningful use’ payments.
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E-referrals to be open source
Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.
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‘All trusts’ to get some of £260m fund
All acute trusts are expected to get “some money” from a new £260m e-prescribing fund, but will have to match the investment, NHS England says.
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Section 251ed
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has had significant consequences for data flows in the NHS. Rebecca Todd reports.
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Nicholson to retire
The Big EPR Interview: Emil Peters
The vice president and managing director of Cerner talks to Rebecca Todd about the action that NHS England needs to take to get electronic patient records into trusts; and what success would look like.
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Central gov signs-off £32m business case
A £32m business case to provide nine southern community and child health providers with TPP’s SystmOne has been signed off by the government.
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