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Six suppliers on ESR shortlist

Six suppliers have been shortlisted to provide the NHS Electronic Staff Record in a contract worth £200m-£400m.
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UK dose registry ‘at planning stage’

The UK is a world leader in radiation dose monitoring, but work on a national dose registry is still at
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Penalise lack of EPRs – report

NHS trusts that fail to make use of electronic health records should be hit with higher insurance premiums and a
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DH plans to establish NIB as priority

The Department of Health has released its IT priorities for the next year, with the National Information Board and support
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Cerner launches cloud EPR for NHS trusts

Cerner has launched a software as a service option for its Millennium electronic patient record system, targeted at smaller trusts
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TechUK sets out view on EPRs

TechUK has put out a report outlining its view on a national accreditation system for EPRs as NHS England looks
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Leaked ICO audit reveals data breach

A private medical company’s data breaches may have involved the personal information of up to 10,000 patients, according to an
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Executive focus

The chief information officer of a US hospital is a powerful figure, reporting directly to the chief executive. It wasn’t
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Royal Free, London’s first to exit NPfIT

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has become the first Cerner Millennium trust in London to exit its National
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Commonwealth Fund says NHS world ‘best’

The NHS is the “best” and most efficient healthcare system in the world, partly due to its adoption of information
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