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300 Liverpool families use eRedbook

29 July 2014 12:00 AM

Nearly 300 families are using Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust’s electronic version of the Redbook children’s health record.

Prisoners ‘Breaking Free’ Online

29 July 2014 12:00 AM

The Breaking Free Online programme is to be piloted in prisons, as part of a government ‘virtual campus’ to give prisoners access to life and employment skills.

DH loses Fujitsu dispute

28 July 2014 10:17 AM

The Department of Health has reportedly lost its long-standing court battle with Fujitsu over the company’s departure from the National Programme for IT.

ICO to examine insurers’ use of GP info

28 July 2014 12:00 AM

The Information Commissioner’s Office is examining why insurance companies are requesting patients’ full medical records from GP practices instead of using standard procedures to obtain relevant information.

Open source survey launched

28 July 2014 12:00 AM

The second edition of a survey about open source within the NHS will help to measure how attitudes towards its use are changing, according to its creator.

Aus looks at opt-out for national EPR

25 July 2014 10:54 AM

Australia is to consider moving to an opt-out approach to for its Personally Controlled eHealth Record scheme, according to the country’s top health chief information officer.

Wirral aims for digital two years early

25 July 2014 12:00 AM

The Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using funding from the first round of NHS England’s technology fund to move towards a “fully digital environment” by 2016.