24 November 2015

Industry view: Does blockchain have a role in digital health?

Aridhia’s chief technology officer, Rodrigo Barnes, explains how the blockchain technology that underpins Bitcoin is being explored for other transactions
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23 November 2015

Final score: NPfIT in mental health and community services

As the National Programme for IT in the NHS drew to a close in London and the South, Rebecca McBeth
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17 November 2015

Another view: returns to IT for GP federations

Neil Paul has been asked to advise an IT company on the changing face of general practice and its IT
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16 November 2015

Standard bearers: using safety standards in IT implementations

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is promoting the use of standards and safety cases to improve healthcare IT
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10 November 2015

Tom’s digital disruptors: testing times for apps

The NHS Apps Library has closed after concerns were raised about the effectiveness and security of the apps it endorsed.
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10 November 2015

Can the NHS bank on IT for productivity gains?

NHS England is bidding for billions of IT investment to improve NHS productivity. A McKinsey presentation shows that if it
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9 November 2015

Enter the CCG: tackles spaghetti systems

As a programmer, John Lockley was inspired by computing pioneers who wanted to keep things simple. Now, as a GP
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6 November 2015

Healthcare IT news in brief

This week’s industry round-up includes the news that all trusts are now members of GS1 UK and some interesting wins
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5 November 2015

The long Read

Read Codes are to be phased out across the NHS, and SNOMED CT must be used in primary care systems
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4 November 2015

Mental Health CDMI open for validation

Digital Health Intelligence has launched a clinical digital maturity index for mental health trusts and is now inviting these organisations
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