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The government is planning to give High Street pharmacists access to Department of Work and Pensions IT systems to check whether patients in England are entitled to free prescriptions.
The stories that had EHI readers commenting in 2014 dealt with some real blasts from the past; the NHS Number, Windows XP, and the aftermath of the National Programme for IT.
For the second year running, news about McKesson headed the list of ‘most read’ stories on the EHI website in 2014; but an Epic saga was not far behind.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has released a code of practice on confidential information, outlining how NHS organisations should securely collect, analyse and publish health and social care data.
NHS England has urged clinical commissioning groups to start working on āroadmapsā for integrated digital care records, given them sticks to force use of national systems and standards, and promised IT ‘test beds’ in its annual planning guidance.
NHS England has extended central funding of email-to-SMS services for primary care organisations using NHSmail, after the DH caused an outcry by announcing plans to cut funding from next March.
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a mobile working solution for its district nurses, removing the need for them to record the same patient data twice.
NHS Orkney has announced plans to go live with an electronic patient record app in
Digital Health chief executive Jon Hoeksma has won ‘Ally of the Year’ at the National
Women in Somerset with breast lumps will be directly referred to a breast diagnostic clinic
Kevin Jarrold has retired from the role of joint CIO at Imperial College Healthcare and
Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) is rolling out an patient engagement portal from Healthcare
