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System C to deliver unified child health record in South West England

The shared system will combine 708,000 child health records from acute hospitals, CCGs, local authorities and GP practices in the
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Tech transformation could be ‘pipe dream’ if nurses are ignored

Results from a consultation with nurses and midwives on what is needed for nursing to play its part in digital
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E-obs provider Patientrack to be acquired by Aussie informatics firm

E-observations platform provider Patientrack will expand its work with NHS hospitals in England after announcing its acquisition by health informatics
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NHS Scotland to link all labs through National Pathology Exchange

All NHS labs in Scotland will be linked through the National Pathology Exchange network following the approval of NHS Scotland
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Clinicians begin year-long informatics fellowship at NHS Digital

Four frontline clinicians have started begun a year’s informatics fellowship at NHS Digital to support the design of a new
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Philips snaps up VitalHealth in eHealth business boost

Philips has expanded its eHealth business after acquiring VitalHealth, a digital healthcare company specialising in population health management.
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Power to the people: signs off

Paul Hodgkin, the former GP and founder of Patient Opinion, reflects on a non-Marxist, Marxian revolution in his last column
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Renal registry to use InterSystems

The UK Renal Registry has chosen InterSystems to provide its national health informatics platform as it works on expanding the
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Informatics profession gets a federation

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, the UK Council of Health Informatics Professions and the Institute of Health Records and
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Manchester and Hitachi develop IT

Five Manchester healthcare organisations have signed an agreement with the Hitachi group to plan and develop a range of informatics
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