3 October 2016

Andy Kinnear: has writer’s block

Our columnist can think of nothing to talk about. Except for the exemplars. Or the Wachter Review. Or Salford. Or
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30 September 2016

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

In this week’s round-up of industry news we look at a big pathology contract in London, some good financial results
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29 September 2016

Interview: Steven Bloor

Steven Bloor, the chief information officer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks to Lyn Whitfield about how its
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29 September 2016

Site visit: North West Shared Infrastructure Service

In an old, red-brick workhouse in Preston is the nerve centre for a health IT infrastructure that stretches from Cheshire
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27 September 2016

Ewan Davis: EPS – is it my fault?

Ewan reflects wonders why he keeps running out of his repeat medication, ponders the hapless state of the so called
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27 September 2016

Another view: of EPS and GP frustrations with ordering drugs online

Neil Paul wonders if the move to open up primary care systems to third parties could lead to better prescription
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26 September 2016

Guest column: IMS Maxims: Invest in talent, not gender

Shane Tickell, the chief executive of IMS Maxims, says it’s shocking there are so few women working in the tech
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21 September 2016

Fancy Bears hackers use plain old phishing to steal health records

The World Anti-Doping Agency has been hacked. What’s that to do with healthcare IT? Well, it was health records that
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20 September 2016

Enter the CCG: on evidence based management

In his previous column, John Lockley noted that there is often a disconnect between “the centre” of the NHS and
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19 September 2016

Davey Winder: where’s the appetite for security?

Our cyber security columnist is worried that in all the high-level enthusiasm for health apps, far too little thought is
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