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26 October 2012

EHI Live interview: Liam Maxwell

Deputy government chief information officer Liam Maxwell wants to see large IT contracts disaggregated so more small and medium-sized enterprises
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19 October 2012

Carl Reynolds on procurement woes

Junior doctor and open source enthusiast Carl Reynolds compares buying a used car with buying an NHS IT system, and
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15 October 2012

CSC cannot donate GP code

CSC says that it cannot give away or donate the code for its three primary care software systems without incurring
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22 August 2012

Moorfields ready to Open Eyes

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is going live with the first three clinical modules of its open source electronic
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21 August 2012

Open your eyes

Bill Aylward’s experience as a “frustrated medical director” at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust led to him taking on
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28 May 2012

Hack the programme

The geeks shall inherit the world of NHS IT. Or that was the message of NHS Hack Day 2012. Chris
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10 May 2012

Dear healthcare IT community…

Hospital doctor Dr Wai Keong Wong publishes an open letter to everyone who buys, suppliers or uses health IT, and
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12 April 2012

EHI CCIO: Take in a new VistA

In the latest of his columns, junior doctor Carl Reynolds discusses VistA, and why he thinks clinical leaders should be
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21 April 2011

Leeds and ReStart build open portal

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is working with consultancy ReStart to develop an open source portal to give clinicians a
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1 April 2011

NHS to be switched over to open source

In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to open source
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