All Information management/IT articles – Page 30
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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.
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News
Data error trust reviews deaths
An trust is probing whether its poor record keeping was responsible for 25 patient deaths.
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News
Plan launched to integrate health and social care data
Health and social care data sets are to be joined up for the first time to aid integrated commissioning under the NHS Commissioning Board’s final information operating model.
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News
Trust challenged over IT procurement process
One of England’s most prestigious hospital trusts has been accused of conducting a £20m IT tender having already picked the winner.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to buy: clinical portals could help patient information drive
Allowing health professionals to share patient data across organisations could become standard, says Daloni Carlisle.
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Supplements
The barriers to integration: an HSJ roundtable debate
Integrated care, where every professional can instantly get the patient information they need, is a key goal for the future NHS. So what, HSJ asked a panel of experts, are the obstacles, and how can they be overcome?
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Comment
The challenge ahead: why we must involve patients in their care
The NHS must make shared decision making a reality.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to futureproof patient care
Peter Homa looks at how healthcare has evolved in the thirty-five years since the Silver Jubilee, and what can be done now to protect patient care from future difficulties.
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Comment
'The secrecy of information in the NHS is absurd'
The information strategy is high on aspiration, but short on direction.
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News
Information Centre in talks over CCG data service
The NHS Information Centre could be chosen to provide “at scale” business intelligence services for clinical commissioning groups, HSJ can reveal.
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Supplements
HSJ and NHS Confederation supplement
This exclusive supplement from HSJ and NHS Confederation includes an interview with Mike Farrar, insight for healthcare leaders on service provision and whistleblowing, data management and medical imaging case studies, plus a report from HSJ’s roundtable on partnerships.
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Comment
Why trusts should get behind NHS Hack Days and back 'geeks who love the NHS'
NHS Hack Days demonstrate the value of a modern approach to NHS IT procurement and show the way forwards for competitive trusts, writes Carl Reynolds.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits to CCGs from sharing patient information
Sean Riddell explains why sharing patient information is vital in the new NHS and how clinical commissioning groups can make it happen on the ground.
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News
GP records website 'My Health' revealed
A new website called My Health, likely to be run by an independent contractor, looks set to be used to give the public access to GP records.
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HSJ Local
Report condemns trust's use of information and technology
PERFORMANCE: An external report has found that the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has “no coherent vision” for information management and technology and is failing to use it to drive efficiencies.
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HSJ Local
ROH finances 'embarrassingly good', says new CEO
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust’s chief executive has warned his board against potential complacency after describing the trust’s finances as “almost embarrassingly good”.