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Health and social care records ‘need framework’

Social services directors are calling for a national framework for care record standards across health and social care, after their
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Welsh health IT ‘Wizards’ set different path to England

The NHS Wales IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that it has successfully deployed its first system, an out-of-hours GP
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Data from half a million patients to aid research

UK Biobank, a medical research initiative charity, is to start using patient data to provide reliable assessment of different causes
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Additional suppliers catalogue tender released

Connecting for Health has today issued its tender for bids to join the catalogue of ‘additional systems suppliers’. The tender
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Calderdale and Huddersfield extends home grown PAS

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has extended its existing home grown patient administration system (PAS) from one site to
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Maternity delivery delays

Maternity systems form a core part of Local Service Providers' contracts under the NHS IT programme, but delivery has been
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Microsoft’s NHS Common User Interface unveiled

Microsoft UK has revealed the first fruits of its four year £40 million collaboration with Connecting for Health to develop
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NPfIT’s Evolution maternity dropped by Royal Shrewsbury

The NHS trust that was meant to be the pilot site for the National Programme for IT version of iSoft’s
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Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda

Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information
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Additional systems catalogue plans ‘near completion’

Plans for a catalogue of ‘additional systems suppliers’ covering a wide range of specialist clinical systems are in the final
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