All Information management/IT articles – Page 29
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HSJ Local
Salisbury signs Bloodhound deal
COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with MSoft for the provision of its Bloodhound Fridge Lock Down system.
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News
Warnings after PCT data protection breach
Lawyers have warned of the legal limits on sharing information with private companies when running preventative initiatives after a primary care trust was found to have broken the Data Protection Act.
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HSJ Knowledge
Paper-lite and beyond
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust is a pioneer in the shift from paper-based to electronic records
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Comment
Readers' letters - 20 September 2012
CCG authorisation conditions should be framed in a way that helps the new organisations focus on the areas they can reasonably influence, says Matthew Harker
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News
Patient records security worries MP
The security of patients’ records is being put at risk by the decision of hospital trusts to outsource their administration to overseas’ companies, an MP claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge
The race to get the NHS online
Online records and electronic appointment booking are goals of a patient-empowered NHS
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News
IT problems in Bristol threaten delivery of QIPP plans
Problems with new patient administration systems are threatening the delivery of QIPP plans.
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Comment
The healthcare arms race
It is blinkered to assume the best innovations come from developed nations
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News
Latest surgery outcome figures show 'marked' variation
There is “marked” variation in the level of health benefit patients feel from common surgical procedures, national performance figures show.
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News
Letter reveals uncertainty hanging over quality observatories
Regional quality observatories - set up to monitor and improve service standards - may come to an end when strategic health authorities are abolished next year, a letter reveals.
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HSJ Knowledge
The paper chase is on
As trusts change the record, strategic approaches to document scanning are key
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HSJ Local
Torbay fined over information breach
PERFORMANCE: Torbay Care Trust has been fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after the sensitive details of more than 1,000 employees were accidentally published on the trust’s website.
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HSJ Local
Data difficulties hit SHIP QIPP plans
FINANCE: Efficiency savings in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster are reported as being on plan, despite local data problems.
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News
Electronic health research funding
Four centres of excellence in electronic health research are to be set up.
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Supplements
The clever solution to smart device security
Advertorial: healthcare professionals are increasingly using smartphones and tablets for work purposes
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News
MPs back FTs over open government level playing field
The government must ensure public sector bodies like NHS trusts are not hampered by Freedom of Information (FoI) rules and can compete on a “level playing field” with private providers, say MPs.
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Comment
Readers' letters – 19 July 2012
The information strategy has put data centre stage – but it is missing vital details on how it will be used; plus, why the voluntary sector is a hidden role
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HSJ Knowledge
How to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
Paul Fitzsimmons explores the rate of inappropriate inpatient admissions associated with diabetes and discusses why CCGs must know how to harness information and to act on it.
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News
New quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
A major new health information collection has highlighted the worse quality of life suffered by people with long-term conditions in poorer areas.
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Supplements
Information for commissioners: an HSJ roundtable
Getting commissioning right will depend on getting the right data. But what does that mean? And what can we do to deliver all the data CCGs will so desperately need in just 12 months’ time? Daloni Carlisle reports on a lively expert roundtable, in association with Civica.