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EHI Live 2013 launched

Paperless working, a zero harm NHS and EHI’s Big EPR Debate are high on the agenda at this year’s EHI
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Barts sticks with Millennium

Barts Health NHS Trust will stick with Cerner’s Millennium electronic patient record system beyond the end of its national contract
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NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.
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Meaningful use ‘absolutely essential’, Mostashari tells EHI

Dr Farzad Mostashari, US national health IT coordinator, says incentives tied to meaningful use standards have been ‘absolutely essential’ to
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Info revolution to transform NHS

The promised ‘NHS information revolution’ could be the biggest driver for change in the health service, NHS Confederation chief executive
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South Acute Programme approved

The outline business case for the South Acute Programme has been approved by HM Treasury and the first procurement is
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Lincolnshire ‘steps back’ from Lorenzo

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has decided not to take CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system under a deal between
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Hunt talks up NHS IT projects in US

The government’s plan to sequence 100,000 human genomes and link these to electronic health records will be “as significant as
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Joe’s view of feedback

Joe McDonald is disappointed that the latest inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal failed to tackle the regulatory regime. Now,
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No paper, no trauma

EHI reporter Rebecca Todd visits the newly formed Barts Health NHS Trust, which has used its Cerner Millennium electronic patient
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