All Information management/IT articles – Page 2
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News
Trust's IT still down days after heatwave crash
IT systems at England’s biggest trust are still down, two days after extreme heat caused a shut-down in its servers.
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HSJ Partners
Unlocking the potential of digital leaders
With an estimated need for over 30,000 digital leaders in the next 10 years, Paul Styler explains why the system needs to act soon to develop the educational capability and infrastructure to address this gap
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News
New single IT system to manage billions in procurement spend
Funding has been secured for a single software platform to potentially manage all NHS procurement activities, which could equate to around £30bn of spending across 80,000 suppliers.
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NHSE chief visits trust to ‘learn lessons’ from troubled IT project
The go-live of a new electronic patient record at two hospitals has led to operational problems and a visit from an NHS England board director to ‘learn lessons’ for future roll-outs.
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Comment
The growth of virtual wards needs to be driven by outcomes – not targets
Robert Harris* outlines seven essential factors to ensure the success of virtual wards and thus enable a system-wide reduction in hospital care.
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HSJ Partners
How can the NHS best manage complex hospital discharges?
Bruce Horne, product specialist at Orion Health UK, considers how better information sharing and care planning could support the more effective management of hospital discharges
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News
Medical CEOs face 'one slip and you move on' policy from centre
Moving to a joint chair with a neighbouring foundation trust encourages better integration – and is not an indicator it is struggling – a provider chief has told HSJ.
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HSJ Partners
A person-centred, digital-first approach to recovery
Ensuring that patient pathways are digitally enabled and person centred is critical to tackling the elective backlog, writes Patricia Wynn.
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HSJ Interactive
Having an EPR isn’t enough – trusts need to be ‘EPR ready’
The national goal for all trusts to have electronic patient records is a valuable one, says Declan Hadley, but many pre-requisites need to be in place if such systems are truly to make a difference
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HSJ Interactive
Seeing digitisation as part of a bigger picture
At Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, further digitisation is a key part of plans – including those for a new hospital. But the organisation’s leaders are clear that truly making digitisation works requires a cross-cutting strategy. Claire Read reports
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News
One tech chief leaves NHSE and another gives up ‘budgetary authority’
A long-serving NHS tech chief is departing from his national role, while another leader’s responsibilities have changed – amid the merger between NHSX and NHS England.
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News
Supply chain problems and EU exit delay key tech and building projects
The impact of Brexit and continuing disruption to global supply chains have been cited by several trusts as causing delays or issues for crucial capital projects.
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News
Treatment disrupted as trust suffers major data loss
A major IT incident at an acute trust is disrupting treatment for eye patients after a significant data loss, it has emerged.
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HSJ Partners
Capitalising on the promise of genomics
If the NHS is to fully realise the promise of genomic healthcare it will need integrated systems which efficiently share information with clinicians, writes Steve Abbs
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News
Replacement of ‘woefully out of date’ national IT systems delayed
The replacement of a cervical cancer screening system which “failed” thousands of patients has been delayed.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Pivot to video
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by digital services correspondent Jasmine Rapson.
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News
Three deaths and ‘severe harm’ at trust with treatment delays
At least three people died and more came to ‘severe harm’ after treatment delays across three specialties at one hospital trust, new reports have revealed.
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News
Trust’s directors criticised over ‘peremptory and unreasonable’ disciplinary
An employment tribunal judgement has criticised the “peremptory and unreasonable manner” in which a trust’s board members carried out a disciplinary hearing.
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News
GPs given power to switch off online consulations as practices reach ‘breaking point’
GPs have been given the ability to stop patients contacting them through the online eConsult system as their professional body warns that primary care is reaching ‘breaking point’.
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News
Fixing relationship between NHS tech agencies a ‘priority’ says CEO
Working relationships between the major NHS tech organisations ‘could be better’, according to the new interim chief executive of NHS Digital.