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Info revolution to back IT staff
The consultation on a new NHS information strategy calls for IT and informatics staff to be given greater status and better skills.
DH makes choice an obligation
GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named consultant-led teams from April 2011 under government proposals set out today.
DH issues ‘info revolution’ strategy
The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on proposals to deliver an “information revolution” to users of the NHS.
DH tenders for QMAS replacement
The Department of Health has published a tender for a GP Payments Calculation Service to calculate payments for the Quality and Outcomes Framework and payments to GPs for the performance of commissioning consortia.
Cambridge starts hunt for a new EPR
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will go outside of the National Programme for IT in the NHS when procuring for an electronic patient record early next year.
Robert Bosch Healthcare joins Continua
Continua Health Alliance, the international non-profit open industry alliance of leading healthcare and technology organisations, has been joined by telecare experts Robert Bosch Healthcare.
Digital mental health technologies could save NHS time, says NICE
Recommended digital therapies for mental health conditions could free up thousands of NHS therapists’ hours,
Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s Coffee Time Briefing covers a new smart headband for PMS and menstrual pain and
Exclusive: NHSE national CCIO and CNIO appointments confirmed
Dr Alec Price-Forbes has been appointed as the national CCIO and Helen Balsdon as the
Careology app boosted to help young people with cancer
Careology and the Ella Dawson Foundation have partnered to offer tailored support to young people
Digital forms for emergency care launched in the Midlands
Digital forms have been rolled out across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to enable personalised clinical care