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IHTSDO Workbench code made open source
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation is to making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT, freely available.
Summary record roll-out builds momentum
Five NHS strategic health authorities, covering half of England, are planning to begin roll-outs of the Summary Care Record in the New Year.
111 becomes number for NHS services
UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency healthcare 24-hours a day.
Scotland’s CMS to go national in April
Scotland has published a framework for its Chronic Medication Service which it plans roll-out nationally in April 2010.
Royal Liverpool moves 87m images to VNA
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has migrated 87m images to
Glasgow praised for IT crash response
A report has blamed a “rare corruption” of an Active Directory database for a major
Colchester put into special measures
Monitor has put Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, which is facing a data scandal
NHS 111 increased ambulance call-outs
NHS 111 increased the use of ambulances in England during its first year of operation,
Two trusts live with Medway
Two trusts have gone live with the Medway patient administration system over recent weeks.