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Half a million patient correspondents were lost by NHS shared business service.

Standards Board splits in two

12 April 2013 12:00 AM

The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care is being replaced by two new organisations.

New software is all heart

12 April 2013 12:00 AM

A new software-based prototype to help doctors identify the extent of heart disease in patients without recourse to invasive procedures is to be tested on 100 patients during a three-year trial.

Take part in The Big EPR Debate

11 April 2013 10:00 AM

The NHS is once more being urged to implement electronic patient records as the foundation for paperless working – and it’s time for EHI readers to shape the way forward.

Caldicott recommends ‘duty to share’

11 April 2013 12:00 AM

The Caldicott2 review of information governance in the NHS recommends a new duty to share information when it is in the interest of the patient.

EXCLUSIVE: CSC paying Lorenzo incentives

10 April 2013 12:01 AM

CSC is funding the incentive payments to trusts that take Lorenzo under its interim agreement with the Department of Health.

Care.data approved

10 April 2013 12:00 AM

The care.data programme to extract and link large amounts of primary and secondary data has been approved by an Independent Advisory Group.

Princess Alexandra picks Cambio

9 April 2013 9:45 AM

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a ten-year contract with Swedish company Cambio to deploy its electronic patient record system.