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The Vast Majority of NHS Trust Heads Are Expecting Additional Funding

Nov 22, 2013

The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...

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HSCIC Has Selected It Services and Solutions Provider Mastek to Develop an Identity

Oct 23, 2013

The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has selected IT services and solutions provider Mastek to develop an identity and access management service. The announcement comes as part of the NHS Spine re-procurement and ...

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The NHS Has Selected US Developer Basho's Open Source Database Riak

Oct 12, 2013

The NHS has selected US developer Basho's open source database Riak to underpin its efforts to rebuild its Spine infrastructure. The new project, dubbed Spine2, will replace the existing infrastructure that was implemented as part of the ...

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NHS Patient Record System Has Cost UK Taxpayers £10bn So Far

Sep 22, 2013

A grand NHS patient record system that was intended to computerise every patient record - before being abandoned - has cost UK taxpayers £10bn so far. Furthermore, hundreds of millions of pounds more in costs are expected to emerge ...

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DoH Has Invited Bids for The Provision of an Electronic Staff Record System

Sep 9, 2013

The Department of Health (DoH) has invited bids for the provision of an electronic staff record (ESR) system in a contract that could be worth up to £450m. The DoH released a "prior information notice" on the Official Journal of the ...

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Three-Quarters of Public Sector Organisations Are Experiencing Problems

Sep 6, 2013

Despite an increase in network spending, three-quarters of public sector organisations are experiencing problems with accessing and using networked IT applications, putting their networking way behind those of other industries. That's ...

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NHS Will Invest £1bn in Technology Over The Next Three Years in a Bid

Sep 5, 2013

The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...

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Issues with Sharing Confidential Patient Information Needs to Be Tackled

Apr 11, 2013

The issues with sharing confidential patient information needs to be tackled before the NHS attempts to go paperless, according to Dr Jonathan Richardson, clinical director of informatics at the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation ...

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NHS Foundation Trust Has Issued an IT Services Tender Worth

Feb 26, 2013

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has issued an IT services tender worth between £50m and £80m over five years. In a notice on the Official Journal of the European Union, the trust said that it wants to ...

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EHI Has Formed a Partnership with Leading US Health Technology Research Firm KLAS

Jan 31, 2013

EHI, ehi.co.uk the UK's preeminent independent health IT news, research, and events firm, announced today that it has formed a partnership with leading US health technology research firm KLAS Enterprises. The new partnership between EHI ...

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NHS Cannot Be The Last Man Standing as The Rest of The Economy Embraces The Revolution

Jan 17, 2013

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has declared that "the NHS cannot be the last man standing as the rest of the economy embraces the technology revolution". Expert predicts government NHS data-sharing plans spell end for patient privacy NHS ...

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Gathering Numbers of NHS Trusts Are Investing in PACS

Dec 31, 2012

Gathering numbers of NHS trusts are investing in the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), making it one of the more successful examples of NHS IT. Increasing storage costs could drive the use of the cloud. PACS is a ...

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Almost Three Quarters of Experience IT Pros Claim to Have Considered a Move to The NHS

Dec 26, 2012

Almost three quarters (70%) of experience IT pros claim to have considered a move to the NHS, according to a survey by IT healthcare recruiter max20. Questioning 130 IT professionals, that work outside of the NHS, 46% said ‘career ...

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NHS Trust Is Hit with Pound 325,000 Monetary Penalty for Breaching Data Protection Act

Dec 18, 2012

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit with pound 325,000 monetary penalty for breaching the Data Protection Act. The penalty is the highest since the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was granted the ...

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