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Gwynne admits NPfIT mistakes

Shadow health minister Andrew Gwynne came as close as any politician is likely to do for apologising for the National
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IT ‘needs to become more professional’

Informatics and IT within the health service need to become more professionally recognised areas of work, CCIOs have been told.
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Govt seeks to change NHS Constitution

The government has launched a consultation on changes to the NHS Constitution that effectively spells out how few rights people
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IMS Maxims and St Helens HIS team up

St Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics Service and IMS MAXIMS have formed a partnership to offer the NHS a managed
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Skunkworks opens up IT for debate

Healthcare communities need to take responsibility for establishing the interoperability of IT systems, said one of the speakers during the
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EHI plans Information for Commissioning

EHealth Insider is to run a new event, Information for Commissioning, in London in May next year.
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Gutteridge: SNOMED at bed is too hard

Clinicians are not using SNOMED coding to capture information about patients because it is technically too hard, EHI Live 2012
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Poulter says IT key for new DH team

Health minister Dr Dan Poulter has signalled the continued support for NHS IT under its new health secretary in a
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Fiona Caldicott calls for IG name change

The term 'information governance' could be changed to 'clinical governance' as part of encouraging a cultural shift in the NHS
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Farrar: CCIOs are NHS ‘white knights’

The chief executive of the NHS Confederation has argued the health service must make better use of information if it
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