All Information management/IT articles – Page 23
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HSJ Knowledge
E-prescriptions change the game for acute trusts
The NHS is expected to be paperless by 2018
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News
Caldicott: Information governance knowledge has worsened
The health and social care workforce’s knowledge of good information governance has deteriorated since the NHS reforms were implemented, according to the expert commissioned by the government to examine the issue.
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News
Concern at medical records sharing
Almost half of the public do not understand plans for sharing their medical records while 80 per cent of GPs are unclear how the data will be used, surveys have shown.
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HSJ Knowledge
Avoid medication inaccuracies with new technology
Improve the quality of prescription related information
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News
Crisis over NHS database - GPs
GP leaders are warning of a “crisis of public confidence” in an NHS scheme set up to share details from people’s medical records.
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News
EXCLUSIVE: Darzi says care.data furore was avoidable
Former health minister Lord Darzi has thrown his weight behind the pioneering care.data project but criticised ministers’ handling of how it has been presented to the public.
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News
DH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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News
Patients 'uninformed on data plan'
Patients are not being given clear enough information about what will happen to their personal health records under a new NHS data mining scheme, the Information Commissioner’s office has warned.
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Comment
Tap into the power and potential of big data
We can use open data to increase knowledge and transparency
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News
Patient data opt-out 'difficult'
The government has been accused of deliberately making it hard for people to prevent their confidential patient records being sent to a national database.
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Comment
The UK and US are united by a common health goal
Health secretaries sign technology memorandum today
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News
Workforce system tender could be worth £1bn
A centrally procured “workforce management system” is set to be made available to NHS organisations as part of a government tendering exercise worth up to £1bn, it has emerged.
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News
Health database sparks privacy fears
Debate has reignited about the sale of patient records containing information on mental health conditions, diseases like cancer and habits such as drinking or smoking being sold to organisations such as drug and insurance companies.
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News
Tameside's Lorenzo difficulties continue
The first trust to accept a sweetener payment to switch to the Lorenzo electronic patient record system has admitted it continues to face a series of risks to patient safety and performance arising from its implementation.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance delays after IT blackout
Ambulance callouts were delayed on Christmas Day when London Ambulance Service Trust experienced an IT failure that forced staff to use pen and paper to record 999 calls.
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News
EXCLUSIVE: Board level culture undermines paperless ambition
Senior managers’ lack of knowledge about the clinical and cost benefits of improved IT systems is hindering progress towards the health secretary’s ambition for a paperless NHS, an exclusive HSJ survey suggests.