The Christie signs with Aire Logic for data-driven openEHR programme
The Christie NHS FT has signed a deal with Aire Logic which will see the health and care IT consultancy deliver a datacentric openEHR programme.
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The Christie unlocks real-time data by partnering with Better
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has selected Better to provide a digital health platform to support the modernisation of its electronic health record.
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Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care chooses Better openEHR
Using Better’s openEHR and the Better Meds software solution the agreement aims to integrate services across the 1.8 million population it serves.
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North Cumbria Integrated Care chooses Better solution for e-prescribing
The platform will be operational across North Cumbria Integrated Care’s acute and community hospitals and will be implemented in partnership with CGI.
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Wachter believes world will enter ‘a golden era’ of health IT
A US ‘digital doctor’ has said he believes the world is about to enter ‘a golden era’ of health IT which will lead to better care for patients.
Clinical Software

Healthcare professionals gather to discuss all things OpenEHR
OpenEHR day, held in London on 28 October, offered an introduction to the specification and its potential for facilitating interoperability in healthcare.
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Plymouth plans to go live with OpenEHR in next six months
The CIO at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has said the organisation is planning to go live with an open source electronic health record (EHR) “some time between June and October” this year.
Clinical Software 5

Plymouth to be NHS first on open e-prescribing
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first NHS trust to begin implementation of an open source, open standards-based electronic prescribing system.
Clinical Software 7

Gartner says NHS over-reliant on closed systems
Technology analysis firm Gartner expresses concerns over the NHS IT market, saying it is too reliant on closed proprietary systems.
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Open source enlightenment needed to end ‘dark ages’ of health IT
Tony Shannon, chief executive of Ripple, responds to the column by Digital Health editor, Jon Hoeksma, on whatever happened to open source in NHS IT in 2016, and argues we remain in the ‘dark ages’ of health IT.
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