All NHS IT programme articles – Page 4
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NewsHealthVault launch highlights IT policy vacuum
Microsoft today launched its personal health information product HealthVault in the UK, highlighting the lack of clarity about the government’s NHS IT policy.
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NewsSummary care record 'faces wicked problems'
The summary care record programme has delivered little benefit, is behind schedule and still faces significant barriers to success, a comprehensive independent evaluation has found.
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NewsData security fears hold up trusts' IT upgrades
Concern over the security of patient data stored outside of the UK has left IT upgrades at seven trusts in limbo since February, HSJ has learned.
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SupplementsHealthcare IT: is there a future for the NHS IT programme?
One of the most ambitious IT projects in the world, Connecting for Health has been hit by delay and criticism. Does it still have a future?
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NewsLorenzo goes live at Morecambe Bay
A contentious IT system has gone live at its first trust, officials confirmed this morning.
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NewsNW trust likely to opt out of troubled NHS IT programme
A hospital trust in the North West has said it is likely to be the first in the region to buy a major IT system outside the national programme for IT.
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NewsHealth informatics could transform NHS, says Swindells
Health informatics could play a revolutionary role in the NHS after the general election - but only if informaticians step up to the challenge, an industry body has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeRebooting the NHS IT programme
When the next government takes over the struggling national programme for IT in the NHS, it must breathe new life into this drive, says John Cruickshank
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NewsCare record upload delayed
Medical records will not be uploaded to a central computer system in some parts of the country until the public is made more aware of the move, the government has agreed.
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NewsNHS online records trial launched
Patients at two health centres in Ayrshire have been given the ability to view their medical records online as part of an NHS Scotland pilot scheme.
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NewsNHS IT programme supplier misses major deadline
The deadline for a major milestone of the National IT Programme has been missed.
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NewsDH refuses key deal on national IT programme
The Department of Health has refused to sign a new contract agreement for one of the most significant elements of the troubled national IT programme.
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NewsIT value for money
An incoming government should review the national IT programme, says a report, Fixing NHS IT, by right leaning think tank 2020health.
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NewsNHS IT milestone ‘on track’ to meet target date
A milestone in the national programme for IT is “on track” to be met, one of the software suppliers announced this week.
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Doctors' views on the NHS IT programme
If politicians listened more to doctors about the use of IT in healthcare progress could be smoother, says Dr Tim Ringrose
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NewsBMA calls for NHS IT programme review
Doctors’ leaders have written to the government calling for parts of the NHS IT programme to be suspended.
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NewsCall to improve NHS telehealth systems
Patients are missing out on better care and treatment because of shortfalls in NHS computing systems, members of Scottish parliament have said.
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NewsLabour urged to suspend NHS IT programme
A storm is brewing over government efforts to secure a quick fix for the controversial and much-delayed £12.7bn NHS IT revamp before the general election.
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HSJ KnowledgeDischarge notes: how to save time and reduce errors
The problem of delays in GPs receiving patients’ discharge details is being resolved across Cheshire through a shared electronic communications system
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NewsDavid Cameron vows to publish details of NHS contracts
David Cameron has accused Labour of wasting billions of pounds with its “secretive and inefficient” regime for handing out government contracts.