16 September 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

In this week’s round-up of digital healthcare news, we look at added functionality for the NHS e-referral service, a new
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13 September 2016

Joe’s view: of capuchins and exemplars

Joe McDonald knows that fairness is deeply ingrained in primates; so there were always going to be worries about the
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8 September 2016

Exemplars programme prompts mixed response

Reaction to the news that NHS trusts are to be split into global exemplars, national exemplars and others has been
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8 September 2016

CCIO Network leaders urge adoption of Wachter recommendations

Members of the CCIO Network have warmly welcomed the report of US 'digital doctor' Robert Wachter, and its proposals to
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7 September 2016

Wachter: strategic investment in clinical leaders is vital

The much-anticipated review of NHS IT by US 'digital doctor' Robert Wachter says a significant proportion of healthcare IT funding
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6 September 2016

Calling the FHIR brigade

Philip Scott, chair of HL7 UK, discusses the evolution of the HL7 FHIR standard, some projects in which it is
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2 September 2016

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

The week’s round-up covers news frontiers for a UK-based patient portal supplier, a big infrastructure contract awarded in Gloucestershire and
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2 September 2016

Andy Kinnear: one day, will we all deserve a medal?

The Rio Olympics were inspiring; but Andy Kinnear argues there is plenty that healthcare IT can learn from them, if
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31 August 2016

Ewan Davis: working on the (block)chain gang

Some blockchain techs have great potential in healthcare. But the NHS needs to think carefully about which techs are useful
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31 August 2016

Caldicott 3: opting for the right opt-outs?

A week before the government closes its public consultation on Caldicott 3, Jennifer Trueland asks whether it has come up
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