Greater Manchester, Wessex and One London selected as LHCREs
The three areas, which have a total population of around 14 million, will receive £7.5m over two years and are tasked with putting in place an electronic shared local health and care record by building on existing local work.
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Will Smart: England to get first HIMSS 7 hospitals before year’s end
NHS England will have its first HIMSS Stage 7 hospitals by the end of 2018, Will Smart has said, as he laid out his vision to offer ‘comprehensive, longitudinal care records’ for all 55 million English citizens within the next five years.
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Cybersecurity: National Vision, Local Focus
Cybersecurity continues to dominate the headlines in the health service. As recently reported by Digital Health, every NHS trust that has been tested cyber security standards since 2017’s WannaCry attack has failed.
Cyber Security
NHS trusts fail post-WannaCry cyber security checks
Every NHS trust that has been tested against cybersecurity standards since 2017’s WannaCry attack has failed, NHS Digital has revealed, as the CQC revealed plans for surprise inspections.
Cyber Security
Boards should appoint lead on data security, NHS England review suggests
Organisations should appoint a board lead on data security and consider suspending IT access for any executive who fails to complete annual cybersecurity training, NHS England’s chief information officer has suggested.
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Smart review recommends national chief information and security officer appointment
A chief information and security officer (CISO) and dedicated cyber security lead should be appointed as national figureheads, according to review into WannaCry.
Cyber Security
NHS Digital Academy opens for applications
The NHS Digital Academy has opened its doors for applications. It intendeds to train 300 digital leaders over the next three years.
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NHS England CIO says service needs ‘at least’ another £4.2 billion for IT
NHS England’s CIO Will Smart has said the NHS needs at least another £4.2 billion of IT investment to finish the job of digitisation.
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National CCIO defends post-Wachter priority on GDE investment
The NHS England’s digital leaders say that one year on much progress has been made against the recommendations made by Dr Robert Wachter.
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Open innovation exemplar fund gets 48 bids
An independent campaign to develop a new open digital platform for health and care has received 48 open innovation exemplar bids from across the UK and Ireland, totaling more than £60m. The campaign group is now calling on NHS England to commit, £40m, equivalenat to one per cent of national NHS IT investment, to […]
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