27 September 2016

Ewan Davis: EPS – is it my fault?

Ewan reflects wonders why he keeps running out of his repeat medication, ponders the hapless state of the so called
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27 September 2016

Another view: of EPS and GP frustrations with ordering drugs online

Neil Paul wonders if the move to open up primary care systems to third parties could lead to better prescription
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26 September 2016

Guest column: IMS Maxims: Invest in talent, not gender

Shane Tickell, the chief executive of IMS Maxims, says it’s shocking there are so few women working in the tech
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21 September 2016

Fancy Bears hackers use plain old phishing to steal health records

The World Anti-Doping Agency has been hacked. What’s that to do with healthcare IT? Well, it was health records that
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20 September 2016

Enter the CCG: on evidence based management

In his previous column, John Lockley noted that there is often a disconnect between “the centre” of the NHS and
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19 September 2016

Davey Winder: where’s the appetite for security?

Our cyber security columnist is worried that in all the high-level enthusiasm for health apps, far too little thought is
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16 September 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

In this week’s round-up of digital healthcare news, we look at added functionality for the NHS e-referral service, a new
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13 September 2016

Joe’s view: of capuchins and exemplars

Joe McDonald knows that fairness is deeply ingrained in primates; so there were always going to be worries about the
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8 September 2016

Exemplars programme prompts mixed response

Reaction to the news that NHS trusts are to be split into global exemplars, national exemplars and others has been
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8 September 2016

CCIO Network leaders urge adoption of Wachter recommendations

Members of the CCIO Network have warmly welcomed the report of US 'digital doctor' Robert Wachter, and its proposals to
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