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News£480m data system ‘critical for NHS’s future’, says new NHSE transformation director
The controversial ‘federated data platform’ which NHS England is poised to purchase is ‘absolutely critical for the future of the NHS’, its new national director for transformation has said.
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CommentDecision-making should be a science
Kate Cheema and Rony Arafin write about how professionalising healthcare analytics helps in unlocking the power of data for informed decision-making in the NHS which is a vital investment.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The case for proper population health management
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalThousands of letters ‘lost’ by trust’s IT system
A major trust has launched an investigation as thousands of letters from senior doctors to GPs and patients have been ‘lost’ due to an IT problem.
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HSJ LocalVirtual hospital model ‘new gold standard’ for treatment
The chief executive at a trust behind one of the UK’s first ‘virtual hospitals’ has said this model is the ‘new gold standard’ for care provision and the trust is looking at a significant expansion.
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NewsFormer NHS tech chief joins firm bidding for £480m NHS data contract
The former head of NHS digital policy has been appointed to the advisory board of a leading UK data technology company.
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NewsNHSE project will stop patients sharing data, government advisers fear
Experts fear a rise in patients opting out of sharing their health data when NHS England announces the winning supplier to provide a controversial new data platform, documents reveal.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2022: Safety Improvement through Technology Award
WINNER: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside: Remote Monitoring Enabled Heart Failure Virtual Ward
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CommentNHS must stop treating data analysis as a 'clerical' role
Recognising data analysts as vital technical experts, not clerical staff, is essential for the NHS’s data-driven future and improved patient care, writes Andrew Barraclough and Dr Marc Farr
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Expert BriefingThe Download: ICS invests ‘millions’ in tech to manage waiting lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘Very tight’ controls on digital and consultancy spend revealed
A new crackdown on central spending on digital and consultancy has been introduced by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEvery acute in ICS to use the same EPR after £44m deal
One of the last trusts in London to move away from paper records has named Oracle Cerner as its preferred electronic patient record supplier in a 10-year deal worth £44m.
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NewsSloman joins virtual wards company after NHSE exit
NHS England’s chief operating officer is joining a telehealth firm as a senior adviser.
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NewsFlu jab IT system to be ‘switched off’ weeks before vaccine programme starts
All tech support for flu and covid vaccinations will be switched off on Thursday after NHS England decided against extending its contract with its supplier in favour of developing an in-house system, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: What the government didn’t say about its patient data sharing scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalThree trusts pick US firm for £150m EPR scheme
Three acute trusts in one of the NHS’s least digitally mature health economies have hired US firm Meditech to provide a single electronic patient record under a contract worth around £155m.
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CommentThe three steps in a successful virtual wards programme
Sara Gariban highlights three barriers to scaling up virtual wards and how overcoming them will enable the NHS to fully harness their potential for patients, staff and the wider health and care system
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NewsNHSE must ‘demonstrate integrity’ in procurement of £480m data platform
The National Data Guardian has called on NHS England to “demonstrate integrity” by providing greater transparency over the procurement process for the high-profile federated data platform.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHS tech’s pay problem
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsUS firm gets green light for £1.2bn takeover of UK GP tech giant
American health giant UnitedHealth has provisionally been given the go-ahead to buy UK-based firm EMIS – the leading supplier of GP IT systems – by the Competition and Markets Authority in a deal worth £1.2bn.