30 June 2016

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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30 June 2016

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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28 June 2016

Zombie attacks: Windows XP and cyber security

It’s known as the “zombie operating system” because it refuses to die: and worse, it can come back to bite.
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24 June 2016

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

This week’s industry round up covers an appointment, an acquisition, and push for open source coding in Health.  It includes
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22 June 2016

Davey Winder: Please wash your hands

Our cyber security columnist considers some of the human factors that need to be taken into account when securing IT.
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21 June 2016

Enter the CCG: on flying pig documents

Dr John Lockley’s clinical commissioning group has been drawing up its local digital roadmap. It’s chances of delivery? Zero, he
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21 June 2016

Another view: of quite a lot going on

Neil Paul has made a list of all the innovations going on within his GP federation at the moment, and
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20 June 2016

Local digital roadmaps: a long way to go, not much time to get there

Isabel Lobo, senior healthcare analyst at NHS Providers, discusses some of the issues raised by a survey of trust informatics
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17 June 2016

Healthcare IT industry news in brief

This week’s industry round up covers a new acquisition and some software changes that leverage wearable health data. It includes
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15 June 2016

Joe’s view: of cyber security

Joe McDonald’s mother reckons that if she’s not on the internet she can’t be internet scammed. Turns out, she’s right…
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