Standard debate
The need for standards to underpin interoperability was one of the big themes of EHI Live 2010. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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PACS group calls for XDS-I imaging
EHealth Insider Live 2010 has heard an impassioned plea for standards-based interoperability in imaging, as the end of the Department of Health PACS contracts approaches in 2013.
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Call for single body to set standards
The UK needs to set up a single non-government organisation for health informatics standards to replace the range of bodies that currently exist, eHealth Insider Live 2010 heard this morning.
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CSC gets EuroRec certification
CSC has become one of the first software providers in Europe to receive certification from EuroRec, an organisation dedicated to promoting high quality electronic health record systems. The company was awarded the certification after it passed a series of performance criteria set by the non profit organisation. Freddy Lykke, managing director of CSC’s European healthcare […]
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WHO and IHTSDO partner on standards
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation and the World Health Organisation have signed a collaborative agreement to utilise WHO classifications and SNOMED CT together. The collaboration aims to create an integrated classifications and terminology system that will improve patient information for health policy, health services management and research across the world. Martin Severs, chair […]
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TSA and Continua partner on telehealth
The representative body for the UK’s telehealth and telecare industry, the Telecare Service Association, has formed a partnership with the Continua Health Alliance to work towards the advancement of telecare internationally. The agreement will combine TSA’s skills in standards development in telecare and telehealth with Continua’s development of interoperable healthcare guidelines. The two will develop […]
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RCP and CfH launch online standards tool
The Royal College of Physicians and NHS Connecting for Health have launched e-learning modules to support national standards for hospital record keeping drawn up by the RCP’s Health Informatics Unit and signed off by the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges. The online tool allows users to complete training two modules; one covering the principles of good […]
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Cloudy outlook on government ICT
The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector.
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Call for Toolkit discharge standards
NHS Connecting for Health has invited suppliers to help develop and test standards for electronic discharge summaries in an extension to its interoperability toolkit programme.
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Expert view: Andy Jones
Andy Jones, European director and general manager of Xerox Global Services discusses data security.
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