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DoH Has Announced The Winners of Its Information Sharing Challenge Fund
Dec 28, 2012The Department of Health (DoH) has announced the winners of its information sharing challenge fund, which hopes to improve patient experiences through the creation of new digital services. Almost 100 proposals were submitted to the DoH ...
Tags: DoH, UK, information sharing challenge fund, digital services, improve
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The NHS CB Is to Discharge Its Operational Responsibilities for GP IT Services to CCGs
Dec 26, 2012The provision of GP IT services are to be given to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), in a move which could see doctors’ systems outsourced to third-party providers, according to the NHS Commissioning Board’s (NHS CB) ...
Tags: Computer Products, NHS, GPS, IT
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Katie Davis Had Been in The Role for About a Year After Christine Connelly Stepped Down
Dec 25, 2012The NHS is looking for a new CIO following the vacancy left after Katie Davis stepped down as managing director for NHS Informatics at the Department for Health in July. Katie Davis had been in the role for about a year after Christine ...
Tags: NHS, NHS CIO, Katie Davis, National Director
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Some 97% of GPS in The UK Claim to Use Electronic Medical Records
Dec 21, 2012Some 97% of GPs in the UK claim to use electronic medical records, according to the 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy survey. The survey of nearly 8,500 primary care doctors across the world found that the UK came top in its ...
Tags: medical records, 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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The Contract for The Single Email Service with Cable and Wireless Is Due to Expire in July
Nov 19, 2012The NHS Commissioning Board is looking to use multiple secure email providers via the government’s G-Cloud framework. The move would be the largest deal yet to go through G-Cloud, pushing many millions of pounds through the ...
Tags: NHS anticipates, G-Cloud, secure email services, Denise McDonagh
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The Department of Health Has Reiterated Its Commitment to Get All Patient Records Online
Nov 14, 2012The Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to get all patient records online by 2015, in its first mandate between the government and the NHS Commissioning Board. The document also states that electronic health records must be ...
Tags: patient records, NHS Commissioning Board, electronic health records
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IT Services Firm Logica Has Been Selected as The Supplier of Managed Payroll Services
Nov 9, 2012IT services firm Logica, part of the CGI group, has been selected as the supplier of managed payroll services to the Department of Health's Arms Length Bodies. Combined, the organisations employ a total of 30,000 people and include the ...
Tags: Logica, CGI, GPS framework, McKesson
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An NHS Mandate Would Put All Medical Records Online by March 2015
Nov 4, 2012An NHS mandate–the first ever–has committed the National Health Service to put all medical records online by March 2015.The mandate also extends to booking GP appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions. In a 28-page ...
Tags: NHS mandate, Department of Health, Sir David Nicholson
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DoH Announced New Funding to Encourage Digital Services for Sharing Data Within The NHS
Aug 31, 2012The Department of Health (DoH) today announced new funding to encourage new digital services for sharing data within the NHS. The Information Sharing Challenge Fund will enable NHS organisations to bid for up to £99,000 to put their ...
Tags: DoH, NHS, digital services, IT systems
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Katie Davis Is to Step Down as Managing Director for NHS Informatics
Jul 12, 2012Katie Davis is to step down as managing director for NHS Informatics at the Department for Health. Davis will for a short while continue to support Tim Kelsey, who has taken the position of National Director for Patients and Information ...
Tags: Health Informatics Chief, NHS, IT Support