Interoperability

New PRSB standards published on e-discharge summaries

A re-worked version of the e-discharge summary standard has been published by the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB).
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NHS Digital planning “big drive” on clinical terminology standardisation

NHS Digital will be having a “big drive” on standardising clinical terminology across health and social care, Beverley Bryant has
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System C will link child health records across the south

System C's CarePlus Child Health software is to be used to create a unified child health record across six regions
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System C and Graphnet deepen partnership with Microsoft

UK clinical software suppliers System C and Graphnet have announced they will integrate next generation technologies from Microsoft.
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New central IT requirements for personal health budgets and integrated personal commissioning

NHS England is concerned about the "varying quality" of IT supporting the roll-out of personal health budgets and integrated personal
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Poor information sharing barrier to NHS integration – NAO

The report, from the National Audit Office, says reticence to share information across health and social care is one three
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Transforming acute care at Airedale

TPP’s SystmOne is being used to provide an integrated care IT solution in West Yorkshire, with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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Obama: Health IT interoperability ‘harder than expected’

The outgoing US president shares his frustrations around spending billions trying to get health IT systems to talk to one
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IT contributing to ‘missed opportunities’ on NHS deaths

Preventable deaths are going unrecorded in the NHS, and disjointed IT systems are partly to blame, according to a Care
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Digital roadmaps weak on “how” – review

At least a quarter of the country’s local digital roadmaps are weak on explaining how they will deliver on a
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