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DH Preparing £5 Billion IT Strategy

This week E-Health Insider provides an advance preview of the yet to be released, yet to be approved, draft implementation
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No Funding for IT Development Projects

The Department of Health has failed to secure extra funding for a series of development projects that had been thought
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Leapfrog Group Extends Reach

The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best
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ISOFT Boss Predicts Further Industry Consolidation

One of the key features of the new emerging national strategy on NHS IT will be the selection of preferred
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MEDLINEplus Awarded URAC Quality Seal

Medlineplus, the online health information database service of the US National Library of Medicine (NLC), has been awarded health web
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Health IT Leaders Welcome Wanless

From being strictly a minority interest healthcare Information and Communication technology (ICT) has suddenly moved to centre stage in British
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New Approach on Electronic Records Needed

Despite the investment of tens of billions of Euros in healthcare IT the industry worldwide has failed to deliver on
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NHS Needs To Double IT Spending – Wanless

A doubling of spending on information and communication technology will be needed to fund ambitious targets set out in the
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Lord Hunt – “We Will Meet EPR targets”

Lord Hunt, the health minister with responsibility for IT, has underlined his determination that the NHS will achieve its targets
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NHSIA to Develop Infrastructure for Web Services

The NHS Information Authority has announced the launch of a new Health Records Infrastructure programme intended to make it possible
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