Digital roadmaps deadline “Unrealistic” – IT directors
Some NHS IT directors have called the deadlines for digital roadmaps “unrealistic” but NHS England remains confident that “most” plans will be lodged by the end of the month.
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Wachter ‘purdahed’ but says CCIOs essential
The US ‘Digital Doctor’ brought in to conduct a review of NHS IT says clinical engagement is essential to both successfully deploy new technology and overcome the ‘productivity paradox’ that initially stops it delivering expected savings.
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Hunt “relentless” on delivering paperless NHS
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will be “relentless’ in seeing through his commitment to a ‘paperless’ NHS by 2020, because technology underpins his ambitions for the NHS.
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Search for NHS England’s new CITO drags on
NHS England has extended its search for a new chief information and technology officer, after initial interviews failed to find an suitable candidate.
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Kelsey replacement to have “wider impact”
The NHS’ new chief information and technology officer will report to NHS England, NHS Improvement and also to Matthew Swindells, the new national director for commissioning operations and information.
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CCG roadmap target a ‘tall order’
The chairman of the BMA’s GP committee believes that it is a “very tall order” to expect clinical commissioning groups to deliver digital roadmaps for their local health economy by April 2016.
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