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5 December 2012

Open standards principles published

All government bodies must comply with new open standards principals designed to make government IT more open, cheaper and better
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8 November 2012

Small is beautiful

Everybody loved SMEs at EHI Live 2012; although a few would like to feel the love as cold, hard cash.
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7 November 2012

Skunkworks opens up IT for debate

Healthcare communities need to take responsibility for establishing the interoperability of IT systems, said one of the speakers during the
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29 October 2012

Open standards due in Autumn

The public consultation on open standards for government IT is with ministers for consideration and the outcome is likely to
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26 October 2012

EHI Live interview: Liam Maxwell

Deputy government chief information officer Liam Maxwell wants to see large IT contracts disaggregated so more small and medium-sized enterprises
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19 October 2012

Carl Reynolds on procurement woes

Junior doctor and open source enthusiast Carl Reynolds compares buying a used car with buying an NHS IT system, and
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15 October 2012

CSC cannot donate GP code

CSC says that it cannot give away or donate the code for its three primary care software systems without incurring
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22 August 2012

Moorfields ready to Open Eyes

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is going live with the first three clinical modules of its open source electronic
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21 August 2012

Open your eyes

Bill Aylward’s experience as a “frustrated medical director” at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust led to him taking on
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28 May 2012

Hack the programme

The geeks shall inherit the world of NHS IT. Or that was the message of NHS Hack Day 2012. Chris
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