Next Labour government needs to learn from IT failures of the past
Labour is committed to digital and pinning hopes of NHS renewal on AI. But the shadow Health Secretary should understand there are no easy wins in digital transformation.
Feature 2
Converge around the person, not the technology
The debate on EPR convergence needs to acknowledge the inescapable variety of the health and care landscape and put people first, writes Alastair Allen.
Feature 2
NHS digitisation expected to cost up to £13bn – report
Officials developing NHS England’s long term plan have estimated it will cost between £10.9bn and £12.9bn to support digitisation across 15 areas included within it.
News 4
Department close to settling 10-year NPfIT legal battle with Fujitsu
Digital Health News understands that the DHSC has now settled with Fujitsu for a further payment said to be in the region of £400m.
Infrastructure
New £10m exemplar initiative for Lorenzo trusts
NHS Digital has announced there will be a specific exemplar initiative for trusts using the electronic patient record Lorenzo
Infrastructure 3
Mid Essex goes live with Lorenzo EPR across organisation
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust has gone live with DXC’s Lorenzo EPR with the go-live having gone “as well as can reasonably be expected”.
Clinical Software 1
Digital Health’s review of the year, 2016
People and policies came and went at the top of healthcare IT, but some trusts pushed on with major projects and news emerged of tech developments that might shape the years ahead. Lyn Whitfield reviews 2016.
Feature
Final three take Lorenzo deal
Three trusts have been granted central funding to deploy Lorenzo as an electronic patient record system, as part of the deal agreed between the Department of Health and CSC in 2012.
Clinical Software
Lorenzo: the end of the beginning
The National Programme for IT in the NHS came to an end in the North, Midlands and East last week. Its flagship electronic patient record was Lorenzo. How are recent deployments going, and what legacy will it leave, asks Ben Heather.
Clinical Software
North Staffordshire combined trust picks Lorenzo as its ROSE
The Department of Health has approved funding for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to deploy the Lorenzo electronic patient record as part of its post-NPfIT deal with CSC and in support of a ‘Raising our Service Excellence’ programme.
Clinical Software