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Ewan Davis: Putting lipstick on a pig

Putting a few open APIs on a megasuite is not the same as creating an open platform. Still, while it’s
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Sutton integrates social care and health record

The London Borough of Sutton and NHS Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group have created a shared care record with social services
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All 44 "initial" STPs now with NHS England

All 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans have been lodged with NHS England, but what they mean for funding and IT
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EAST London pilots technologies to support older people

Innovative technologies to support older people with long-term conditions or dementia are to be piloted in East London.
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Southend University Hospital improves clinical efficiency with Imprivata

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust has deployed Imprivata’s OneSign single sign-on across its wards – including A&E and surgical specialties
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An organisation with a memory: what needs to change?

James Titcombe OBE, Patient Safety Specialist at Datix and patient safety campaigner, looks at some of the key issues involved
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Healthcare IT industry news in brief

This week’s industry round up cover apps for asthma and tweaks to NHS111’s software.  It includes a new face at
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The industry CCIO: Amir Mehrkar

Described as the ‘Robin Hood of Health IT’, Dr Amir Mehrkar decided to join the corporate world in autumn 2015.
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The bigger picture: sharing PACs images

One of the big criticisms of the National PACS Programme was that it was hard to share images. Different, regional
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Birmingham mental health group deploys Carenotes

A Birmingham mental health collaboration has gone live with Advanced’s Carenotes electronic patient record to support its 15,000 young patients.
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