Health secretary describes Burnham Land
The general election Health secretary Andy Burnham has started his election campaign with a speech outlining the key points of Labour’s health manifesto. In a speech at the King’s Fund think-tank, he said the party would enable a more preventative, productive and patient-centred NHS. Burnham did not mention the National Programme for IT in the […]
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It’s party time
With the general election fast approaching, Sarah Bruce asked policy makers, analysts and trusts what they would put in their health IT manifesto.
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Predict and survive
Predictive risk modelling is coming into its own as the NHS looks to improve productivity and efficiency. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Technology for the evolving world of consumer health
Linda Davidson asks what part IT can play in tackling the big health challenges of ageing and chronic disease, ahead of a round table sponsored by iSOFT.
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EHI’s industry round-up: appointments
This special edition of the EHI industry round-up covers appointments made by major suppliers in the healthcare IT industry and some NHS bodies whose work impacts on it. Dr Mark Ferrar joins GS1 UK board GS1 UK, the global supply chain standards and solutions organisation, has appointed an executive from NHS Connecting for Health to […]
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Expert view: Gayna Hart
The managing director of Quicksilva argues that NHS Connecting for Health has had a positive impact on social services.
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CQC raises discharge concerns
Almost 50% of GPs are not receiving discharge summaries from acute trusts in time for them to be useful, according to the Care Quality Commission’s report on the state of care in England.
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Lorenzo ‘will stop at Release 2’
CSC may only deliver the first two releases of Lorenzo, the electronic patient record system being deployed across the North, Midlands and East of England, under the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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NME at the gate
Sarah Bruce surveys the state of the National Programme for IT in the NHS in the North, Midlands and East of England, where the battle is to get Lorenzo live.
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Kent and Medway virtualises desktops
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has chosen a thin client strategy to cope with increasing demands on its network, which serves 4,000 staff and 3,000 computers across 100 sites. The mental health trust asked IT consultancy Centralis to design and build a proof of concept based on Citrix’s XenApp and Appsense […]
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