Rising star: Samantha Robinson
In the first of a series of interviews with the “rising stars” of NHS IT, Lis Evenstad talks to Samantha Robinson, who is helping Leeds’ acute trust through an ambitious transformation programme.
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From the Heart and Chest
Dr Johan Waktare, a consultant at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, has reached “the end of the beginning” of its big EPR implementation; just as the NHS gets all keen on “free” software…
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Pathologist creates open source software
A pathologist at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust has created open source, web-based pathology reporting software.
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IMS Maxims open to open source
IMS Maxims is in discussions with NHS England about the possibility of open sourcing some of its software.
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oPortfolio springs from NHS Hack Day
A project to create a free open source e-portfolio for junior doctors as an alternative to the NHS e-portfolio system has sprung out of NHS Hack Day.
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NHS spends £300,000 on US exchange
The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use of open source software and telehealth.
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NHS England wants open source option
NHS England wants an open source electronic patient record system to be an option for NHS trusts, “if they want it”.
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Open eyes to NHS open source
NHS England is considering the Anglicisation of a US open source system for the NHS, but it would be better looking at homegrown alternatives, says EHI editor Jon Hoeksma.
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Spine2 built in-house on open source
The replacement for the NHS data spine, Spine2, is being built using open source components and is due to go live at the end of October.
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Glaucoma clinics run on Moorfields app
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has developed an app to run virtual glaucoma clinics.
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