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Academy calls for standardised records

Electronic patient records must be standardised to support both patient safety and patient access, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
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Radiology ‘must retain status’

Radiologists must make a positive response to teleradiology plans to avoid becoming “battery hens”, the annual meeting of the UK
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NHS England moves to regulate apps

NHS England is working with the US Food and Drug Administration on a bilateral framework for regulations on mobile health
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EHI launches Health CIO Network

EHI is launching a national network for chief information officers and other health information leaders.
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ISCG strengthens grip on national IT

The Information Services Commissioning Group is to strengthen its role as a national co-ordinator of healthcare IT strategy, will publish
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CCIOs need teams – Jonathan Kay

More chief clinical information officers are being appointed, but now they need to work in teams, Professor Jonathan Kay has
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Child info system to pilot by April

A system for sharing information about child protection plans is expected to be running in 11 pilot sites by April
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HSCIC outlines bureaucracy busting plans

The Health and Social Care Information Centre will release a report on reducing the burden of data collection for the
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£20m of tech fund to go on open source

Up to £20m of the 'Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund' will go towards open source development.
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Mental health IT ‘at best ok’ – survey

Mental health IT systems are at best “ok” according to a survey of system usability carried out by the National
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