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Industry Spotlight: Tim James, nursing executive, Cerner

Tim James is a nursing executive with Cerner. He has many years of experience as a paediatric nurse working in
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HES consultation attracts 164 responses

A consultation on plans to greatly expand the Hospital Episode Statistics dataset and make it available for electronic extraction attracted
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Nurses still struggling to influence IT

The Royal College of Nursing has called for more nursing input into IT and more IT training for nurses after
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Making nursing better

The CCIO Leaders Network held its second annual conference for nurses recently, and the event buzzed with enthusiasm for technology
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Devices and desires

BYOD – bring your own device – has been a hot topic in the IT industry for months; but the
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Unions join BMA in call for pause on 111

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison have added their voices to calls for a pause in the roll-out of
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RCN and RCM come out against bill

The Department of Health has expressed its “disappointment” with the decision of two royal medical colleges to announce their opposition
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Lansley faces opposition to white paper

Growing concerns about the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS have been presented to health secretary Andrew Lansley ahead of
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Webinar reveals demand for IT evidence

The Royal College of Nursing’s informatics expert has called for better evidence to convince nurses of the benefits of technology
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RCN develops telehealthcare resource

The Royal College of Nursing has announced that it is developing a telecare and telehealth resource for its members. The
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