South integration funding scrapped
Funding for the integration project that was part of the Southern Local Clinical Systems programme has been scrapped and trusts must instead apply via the Technology Fund.
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EHI interview: Tim Kelsey
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd speaks to NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey – one of the keynote speakers at EHI Live 2013 – about the tech fund, a more digital future for the NHS, and the role of innovators.
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Hunt hears tech fund applications
Health minister Jeremy Hunt is sitting on a panel assessing two trusts’ technology fund applications today.
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Tech fund second round announced
Trusts that applied for the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund will be updated over coming days about moving on to the second round.
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Hunt announces £1 billion for health IT
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced another £240m for the technology fund, in a move that will see the government and NHS organisations invest £1 billion in IT over the next three years.
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760 applications to Tech Fund
The government’s new Technology Fund has attracted more than 760 expressions of interest from trusts applying for more than £650m.
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One week left to make bids to Tech Fund
NHS trusts have expressed concern that there is not enough time to complete applications to the £260m Technology Fund, with just a week to the deadline.
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Norfolk trials e-prescribing
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is piloting e-prescribing on one of its wards before rolling it out across the trust.
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Suppliers to help define meaningful use
NHS England wants a “strategic relationship” with suppliers to develop and measure the ‘meaningful use’ of integrated digital care records.
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Tech Fund bids must open up APIs
The inclusion of open application programming interfaces in supplier contracts will be a pre-requisite for trusts applying to the £260m Technology Fund, NHS England has said.
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