The 12 months of 2014
Twenty fourteen was a year of waiting: for a financial crisis, and a plan to avert one; for tech funds and the IT strategy to support them. Fortunately, things happened in the meantime. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Care.data review raises questions
An independent review on the first stage of NHS England’s controversial care.data programme says a wide range of “unresolved” questions must be answered before it can proceed.
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Care.data review due in early 2015
An independent review on the first stage of the controversial care.data programme will be released in early 2015, as a new parliamentary report criticises its “lack of clarity and publicity”.
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Power to the people on: the great confidentiality face-off
Confidentiality can’t just be toggled on and off, because it goes to the heart of the doctor/patient relationship. Paul Hodgkin argues modern IT systems need to reflect that.
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Volunteers sought for Code4Health pilots
NHS England is looking for NHS trusts and other healthcare providers to act as pilot sites for its re-animated Code4Health programme.
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IT one of four pillars of NHS – Hunt
The National Information Board’s new IT strategy shows that technology must act as a “pillar” to support the future of the NHS, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NIB aligns NHS IT with NHS policy
The National Information Board has issued its much delayed IT strategy – ‘Personalised Health and Care 2020’ – which ties NHS IT more closely into health service policy, financial and regulatory frameworks.
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Kelsey: 2020 is a ‘hard stop’
The deadline in the National Information Board’s new IT strategy for all patient and care records to be digital by 2020 is a “hard stop” that must be met if the NHS in England is to remain viable, Tim Kelsey has said.
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New push on standards in NIB framework
The National Information Board’s IT strategy includes a strong drive on standards, as it attempts to chart a course between a centralised approach and encouraging local innovation.
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Framework for debate
Speakers at EHI Live 2014 were promising big things from the National Information Board’s IT strategy, due out this week. But some NPfIT business still has to be concluded. Sam Sachdeva reports.
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