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Open standards key to integrated care

Open standards are key to achieving the government’s aim of integrated digital care records by 2018, says IHE’s UK chair.
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Government to mandate NHS digitisation

The government wants to mandate NHS England to support the health service to go digital by 2018.
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NHS spends £300,000 on US exchange

The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use
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CCGs cannot fulfil duties without PCD

Clinical commissioners have written to NHS England saying they cannot carry out their statutory duties because of issues around processing
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Clinical informatics needs networks

The development of chief clinical information officers and health informatics professionals requires sustained investment in networks and professionalism, says NHS
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Suppliers to help define meaningful use

NHS England wants a “strategic relationship” with suppliers to develop and measure the ‘meaningful use’ of integrated digital care records.
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Tech Fund bids must open up APIs

The inclusion of open application programming interfaces in supplier contracts will be a pre-requisite for trusts applying to the £260m
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New acronym; new hope?

NHS England has published its guidance on the creation of integrated digital care records for the NHS. Lyn Whitfield has
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SCR to be expanded

Patients’ end-of-life care information, immunisations, and significant past problems and procedures will be added to the NHS Summary Care Record.
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NHS England to fund NHS VistA projects

NHS England will spend some of the £260m Technology Fund on exploring the development of an NHS VistA open source
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