US hospitals making progress on EMRs

US hospital IT leaders report strong progress towards electronic medical records, with two thirds saying they have achieved the first
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Trusts could lose contracts without EPR

The NHS Commissioning Board is drawing up plans designed to dramatically accelerate the adoption of electronic patient records by NHS
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Athenahealth buys Epocrates for $293m

US cloud-based patient record specialist Athenahealth has purchased Eprocrates, a provider of mobile drug reference apps, for $293m (£185m).
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Hospitals to have e-records by 2014

NHS hospitals will need to have operational electronic patient records working by April 2014 to meet the data flow requirements
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CCIO sought by NHS Commissioning Board

The NHS Commissioning Board is advertising for a part-time Clinical Informatics Director to fulfil a national Chief Clinical Information Officer-like
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Rhidian Bramley commended in HSJ awards

Rhidian Bramley, consultant radiologist and chief clinical information officer at The Christie in Manchester, has been highly commended at the
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Next ten Lorenzo adopters each get £1m

The next ten NHS trusts that commit to take Lorenzo from CSC under the firm’s new National Programme for IT
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Stevens launches Aura Healthcare

Aura Healthcare, a software firm specialising in portals based on web 2.0 technologies similar to those that underpin Twitter, has
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Survey reveals deep experience of CCIOs

The first survey of serving NHS chief clinical information officers has highlighted the deep clinical experience that is being brought
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Farrar to open CCIO Annual Conference

NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar is to give the opening keynote speech at the first CCIO Leaders Network Annual
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