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Why you’re not getting the most out of your investment in portals

Complex portals projects can cost millions of pounds and take years to realise benefits, leaving users and project stakeholders frustrated.
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James Dyson award shortlist includes range of health innovations

The award is an annual competition which is open to student and graduates from 27 countries with the winner walking
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Lancashire trust tightens IT security bootstraps with ‘gold standard’ accreditation

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been accredited an ISO 27001 certification in information security following an independent assessment.
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Mandatory open standards will not close health IT market, DHSC believes

The department was questioned by the Public Accounts Committee about proposals that call for NHS IT suppliers to abide by
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Facebook’s health research head says doctors should have more patient data

Freddy Abnousi said researchers have evidence which suggests a person’s social life impacts their health more than almost any other
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DrDoctor to be trialled across 11 more NHS hospitals

The online appointment booking tool is already used in ten hospitals including Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and
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Another View: Of conference season

It must be conference season: Neil Paul has attended three separate meetings in almost as many weeks. As our GP
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National Lottery funding to help more kids and families Beat the Street

The £3.32 million grant means the digital game Beat the Street can now be extended to a further 59 cities
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Essex trust awards £5.7m HSCN connectivity contract to Updata Infrastructure

The five-year contract sees Capita-owned Updata move EPUT from the legacy N3 Network to the new, multi-vendor Health and Social
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Last call on applications for second year of NHS Digital Academy

Dr Harpreet Sood, NHS England’s Associate CCIO, has said the 100 places available were “open to CCIOs, CIOs and aspirant
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