Integrated Care

Open sesame!

OpenEHR has been a slow burn, but Ewan Davis believes some recent developments mean it’s about to take off in
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Another view: of federation

GP Neil Paul is worried that time is nearly up for general practice as we have known it. It’s time
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Planning key to interoperability – BCS

The drive for interoperability across the health and social care system must be backed by strong business planning and organisational
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South Central Ambulance first for SCR

The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust will roll out mobile access to the NHS Summary Care Record for
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London information exchange on way

A pan-London information exchange is being developed to connect local data-sharing projects and establish common standards, as part of a
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From Russia with love

Policy makers have worked out that integrated care will need integrated IT. But Ewan Davis doubts they understand how to
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Special report: systems integration

The language of systems integration has shifted from interoperability to ‘paperless’ working and ‘integrated’ care. Does this obscure more than
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EHI interview: Frank Hester

The chief executive and founder of TPP has been has been awarded an OBE. Sam Sachdeva spoke to him about
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Put another record on

While England has struggled to create integrated care records – even a Summary Care Record – Northern Ireland has been
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Salting the record

Bradford is one of NHS England’s integrated digital care record exemplars; thanks to a project to create a ‘pooled’ record
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