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EPRs should ‘include location data’

1 May 2014 12:00 AM

A patient’s location history should be a key piece of data going into new electronic health records, a geographic health expert has said.

IT director John Thornbury dies

30 April 2014 12:35 PM

John Thornbury, winner of EHI’s Healthcare IT Champion of the Year Award in 2010 and a long serving director of IT in several NHS trusts, passed away on Monday 28 April.

TPP signs GPSoC

30 April 2014 12:33 PM

TPP has signed the contract for the GP Systems of Choice framework, one month after the previous contract expired.

Nuance sponsors Health CIO Network

30 April 2014 12:00 AM

Nuance Communications has been announced as the second sponsor of the Health CIO Network.

Pharmacists want SCR access

30 April 2014 12:00 AM

Access to the Summary Care Record is essential, a community pharmacist has said as NHS England considers launching a pilot scheme.

Scotland live with 111

29 April 2014 6:00 AM

Scotland has gone live with NHS 111 as the new contact number for the Scottish health advice helpline NHS 24; a year after England began its troubled launch of the service.