US-UK sign healthcare IT MoU
NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre will sign a healthcare IT memorandum of understanding with the US Department for Health and Social Services today.
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Patients to add to medical record online
Patients will be able to contribute to their own medical record and switch GP practice online, NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey has said.
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Insider view
On the first anniversary of health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s groundbreaking speech on NHS IT, EHI editor Jon Hoeksma asks whether the ‘paperless’ NHS needs to start a new chapter.
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What you said in 2013
The Big EPR Debate got readers commenting in 2013; but so did plans to get doctors and patients coding and the idea of using open source in the NHS.
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Target watch festive special
EHI launched ‘target watch’ to keep track of the many targets being set for NHS IT and information services. This bumper edition rounds up the occasional hits and many misses of 2013; and looks forward to 2014.
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So, farewell then, 2013
Lyn Whitfield looks back at the big events in the NHS and healthcare IT, as reflected in EHI’s weekly newsletters.
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Rising star: Santa Claus
NHSmail2 worth £20m a year
The business case for NHSmail2 is worth up to £20m a year and has been approved by a sub-group of the national health informatics co-ordinating body.
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Live from Birmingham
The NHS needs to focus on transforming the way health care is delivered, rather than on technology itself, visitors to EHI Live 2013 were told. EHI news editor Rebecca Todd reports.
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ISCG strengthens grip on national IT
The Information Services Commissioning Group is to strengthen its role as a national co-ordinator of healthcare IT strategy, will publish its own technology strategy and launch a website, EHI Live 2013 heard.
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