100 polyclinics to shake-up London
NHS London has set out a five year strategy for overhauling healthcare in the capital that includes plans to move care out of hospitals, open more than 100 polyclinics, and make greater use of email and telephone consultations. IT is at the heart of many of the plans outlined in the newly-published First Stage Report on the capital’s strategic […]
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Bulgaria rapped on social care spectrum
The European Commission has started legal action against Bulgaria after the country failed to follow EU rules to make the correct frequency band available for social applications and electronic services.
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EHI’s industry round up 28.01.2010
This month’s industry round up has news about contracts, company partnerships, the launch of a US interoperability company in the UK, and new appointments at the top of CSC. Northern Ireland’s health service sticks with CRYPTOCard Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland has decided to upgrade to to BlackShield ID, CRYPTOCard’s premier authentication service. […]
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Expert view: Dr Alex Horne
The medical director of North East London NHS Foundation Trust explains why it has invested in business intelligence from Ardentia.
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Big NPfIT contracts boost System C
A contract to deliver clinical dashboards and work on implementing delayed electronic patient record systems for the National Programme for Health have boosted six month earnings at System C.
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NIGB issues guide to changing records
The Department of Health is to drop its advice that patients unhappy with their health record must make a formal complaint before a comment can be added to it. The National information Governance Board said it had disagreed with the DH and the Department had agreed to change its guidance as a result. The health […]
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Paris on the Mersey
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen Logica to provide the Paris system to support child health and community services in the North West.
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EHI’s top stories: 2009
Nobody will ever be able to say that the NHS went un-warned about the tough financial times ahead. One of the big themes of 2009 was the likely impact of the credit crunch on the public finances and what that might mean for health service spending after 2011. As 2009 went on, the warnings about […]
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That was the year that was: 2009
Lansley: LSP contracts may be abandoned
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider contracts that are part of The National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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