MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis' source. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:48:30 +0100 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/673/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma EHI's editor looks back over 2010 and asks whether it has provided the launch-pad for an NHS information revolution. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4301186 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +0100 4301186 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/670/here_comes_2011 Over the course of 2010, a new coalition government came into power, another round of reform was unleashed on the NHS and the end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS was announced; although its local service provider contracts live on. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4299344 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:30:00 +0100 4299344 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/668/live_from_lambeth ul, li { list-style: none; line-height: 20px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4296911 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:30:00 +0100 4296911 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/665/that’s_2010_folks Lyn Whitfield looks back over some of E-Health Insider's big stories of the year. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4296912 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:00:01 +0100 4296912 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/672/team_working Avon IM&T Consortium won the healthcare IT team of the year, sponsored by iSoft, at this year's E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT. Daloni Carlisle finds out why. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4282747 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4282747 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/667/onwards! The Department of Health has just published its response to the consultation that it ran on the reforms set out in the white paper, 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS.' It concludes that its critics are wrong and turning back is not an option. Lyn Whitfield reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4268213 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0100 4268213 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/666/let’s_get_tracking Great Ormond Street Hospital Picture: Nigel Cox (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4260795 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4260795 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/664/power_to_the_people_tcq The government is convinced that publishing more data on NHS services will drive choice and improve quality. But a number of recent reports have cast doubt on the idea. EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr weighs up the evidence. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4234738 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:30:00 +0100 4234738 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/662/on_top_of_the_pill Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4231373 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4231373 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/661/out_of_the_box The Department of Health has set up an interoperability toolkit user forum. Daloni Carlisle talks to three NHS IT managers who went to its first meetings, and asks what they want from the project. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4215944 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4215944 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/660/singing_in_the_rain Glasgow Science Centre Scotland seems to have learned from the mistakes that England made with the top-down National Programme for IT in the NHS. It is certainly taking a different approach to digitising its healthcare services. Sarah Bruce reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4198230 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +0100 4198230 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/659/making_patient_control_the_goal This week it became clear that the government means what is says in its information consultation. It plans not just to give patients access to their records but also to hand over control. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4192929 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:30:00 +0100 4192929 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/658/happy_birthday_bnf The British National Formulary was 60 yesterday. but it is certainly not retiring. Daloni Carlisle reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4184630 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4184630 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/657/connelly_nhs_must_look_beyond_npfit Christine Connelly The Department of Health's director general for informatics says that it is time to think beyond the national programme, or risk being held prisoner by it. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4180417 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4180417 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/657/connelly:_nhs_must_look_beyond_npfit Christine Connelly The Department of Health's director general for informatics says that it is time to think beyond the national programme, or risk being held prisoner by it. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4209523 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:19:39 +0100 4209523 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/656/look_no_vans St Helens Hospital St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has seen a rapid return on its investment in an electronic document management system. Sarah Bruce reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4173099 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4173099 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/654/standard_debate The need for standards to underpin interoperability was one of the big themes of eHealth Insider Live 2010. Daloni Carlisle reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4156491 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:30:00 +0100 4156491 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/652/ehi_interview:_adrian_stevens The UK managing director of iSoft says that despite 12 months that have seen a calamitous fall in share price - and the departure of the chairman and chief executive Gary Cohen - iSoft is in a strong position. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4145810 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4145810 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/651/ehi_interview:_paul_jones Paul Jones The interoperability toolkit has been flying under the radar since the long purdah imposed by the UK general election. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4136170 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0100 4136170 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/650/it_minister As a junior health minister, Tom Sackville presented the first ever IT strategy for the NHS. He remembers being obstructed by civil servants and baffled by the decisions he had to take. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4128128 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:30:00 +0100 4128128 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/649/october_revolution Experts have not been fired with enthusiasm by the government's ideas for an information revolution. In fact, analysts and professional bodies are asking where the commitment, money and practical details have got to. Sarah Bruce reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4111231 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:34:45 +0100 4111231 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/648/give_me_more Dr William Lumb Westmorland Primary Care Collaborative is making GP commissioning work; not least because it has spent a lot of time and money sorting out its IT. EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr talks to Dr William Lumb, who is leading its informatics. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4111232 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:28:44 +0100 4111232 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/647/shire_force John Thornbury Last year, England saw the coldest winter in more than thirty years. The country ground to a halt as heavy snow closed roads, schools and even hospital departments. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4090804 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4090804 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/645/reboot_nhs_information E-Health Insider's managing editor, Lyn Whitfield, takes a first look at the three month consultation paper on a new information strategy for health and social care: 'Liberating the NHS: an information revolution.' (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4079137 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:30:00 +0100 4079137 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/644/expert_view:_martin_ellis Martin Ellis The chair of the Intellect Clinical Safety Committee discusses recent changes to European regulations that are likely to affect healthcare IT providers. He also outlines the work that Intellect will be doing to develop documentation and guidance for e-health manufacturers. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4062673 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4062673 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/642/putting_on_the_glitz The winners of this year's EHI Awards were "thrilled" and "amazed" - when they weren't totally overcome. Lyn Whitfield reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4037983 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:30:00 +0100 4037983 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/641/uncertain_times Fiona Barr finds that respondents to EHI Primary Care's survey of strategic health authority and primary care trust staff are worried about the impact of the NHS white paper. They are also fearful that IT investment could be cut and that issues such as information governance will fall off the agenda. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4033251 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4033251 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/640/radio_times The latest round of NHS reforms, outlined in the white paper 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS', have hit morale and will hit jobs. Fiona Barr analyses an exclusive EHI Primary Care survey of the likely impact of the reforms, and talks to primary care experts about how bad things will really be. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4006328 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:30:00 +0100 4006328 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/639/door_ways .ehilive { width: 400px; margin: 10px auto 20px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4006329 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:12:48 +0100 4006329 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/637/stick_with_the_programme_tcq It's been two weeks since health minister Simon Burns announced the outcome of the review of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. His statement has left trusts in the North, Midlands and East needing clarity on exactly what comes next. Equally, it has given many the final push to go it alone. Sarah Bruce reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3995895 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3995895 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/636/expert_view:_colin_jervis .ehilive { width: 400px; margin: 10px auto 20px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3989882 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3989882 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/633/lorenzo’s_toil Everybody involved with the Lorenzo deployment at Morecambe Bay is working hard to blast bugs. But there are a lot of bugs to blast. EHI reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3974609 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:30:00 +0100 3974609 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/630/your_place_to_mine #awards { border-bottom: #bfd9e5 3px solid; border-left: #bfd9e5 3px solid; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3970667 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3970667 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/631/the_brady_crunch .ehilive { width: 400px; margin: 10px auto 20px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3974610 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:59:17 +0100 3974610 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/629/answers_and_questions E-Health Insider asks long-term observers of the NHS IT scene, think-tanks and unions what they made of Simon Burns' statement on the future of NPfIT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3948513 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0100 3948513 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/628/insider_view:_lyn_whitfield #npfit { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3948514 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:39:56 +0100 3948514 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/627/isoft_hard_times .ehilive { width: 400px; margin: 10px auto 20px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3926291 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3926291 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/626/expert_view:_guy_beaudin Guy BeaudinThe public sector business development director of Insight discusses the repercussions of the end of Microsoft's Enterprise-wide Agreement with the NHS. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3926292 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:19:50 +0100 3926292 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/623/record_makers The Summary Care Record is not the only shared record in town. Sarah Bruce reports from a Graphnet event at which NHS Hampshire and Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust shared their experiences of creating shared detailed care records using the company's technology. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3909328 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3909328 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/622/expert_view:_robyn_tolley Robyn Tolley, managing director of NoemaLife The managing director of NoemaLife argues the Italian experience shows that English trusts will benefit from the likely demise of NPfIT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3897527 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3897527 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/621/insider_view:_lyn_whitfield #large { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3893420 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3893420 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/619/expert_view:_ian_herbert Ian Herbert After 38 years of involvement with NHS IT, Ian Herbert offers an informatician's view of the white paper, 'Liberating the NHS'. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3874246 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3874246 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/618/very_well_alone Last week, E-Health Insider exclusively revealed that acute trusts in the South of England are unlikely to receive any central funding for IT systems, as the National Programme for IT in the NHS' ASCC procurements are unlikely to go ahead. At least one trust sees this as a good thing, as Sarah Bruce explains. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3860099 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0100 3860099 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/616/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma More than two years after Fujitsu had their contract to update NHS IT systems in the South of England ended, hospital trusts in the region no longer expect to receive nationally funded systems. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3825224 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3825224 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/615/expert_view:_david_akka The European head of Magic Software surveys progress on HL7 - and the integration approaches that can be taken to using it. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3818755 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3818755 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/613/expert_view:_paul_richardson Blogger Paul Richardson wonders if the end of Microsoft's big deal with the NHS will mean a new era for open source in healthcare. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3788493 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3788493 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/612/expert_view:_tim_benson The Department of Health is consulting on a new outcomes framework for the NHS. What is will its impact be? (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3778484 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3778484 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/611/feeling_liberated_tcq One week on from the publication of the coalition government's NHS white paper - 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS' - Sarah Bruce asks NHS staff with a particular interest in IT for their initial reaction, key concerns, and thoughts on what it will mean for healthcare informatics. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3769973 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0100 3769973 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/610/insider_view:_lyn_whitfield The NHS is being reorganised. Again. But what does the new administration really want to achieve and does it stand the slightest chance of achieving it? E-Health Insider's managing editor considers. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3755841 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:30:00 +0100 3755841 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/609/insider_view:_fiona_barr The editor of EHI Primary Care surveys GP views of this week's white paper, and argues many will be less than thrilled about being pushed into commissioning. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3755842 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:18:05 +0100 3755842 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/608/dutch_ehr_plans_put_on_hold Holland may be flying high in the World Cup but plans for a national electronic health record system now look set to go into extra time, Ton Smit reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3738813 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0100 3738813 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/607/making_it_appen With budget cuts looming, NHS North West is running an accelerator project to develop apps to deliver information and interactivity to clinicians and patients. Sarah Bruce explains. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3735212 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3735212 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/605/digital_pathology:_present_and_future E-Health Insider is holding a round table discussion on digital pathology, sponsored by iSOFT. Daloni Carlisle considers some of the issues; and asks readers to contribute their ideas. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3716045 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3716045 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/604/all_together_now Healthcare organisations in Liverpool are working on an ambitious change programme that is underpinned by information using EMIS Web. Lyn Whitfield reports from the Liverpool iLINKS (local information, news and knowledge for clinical systems users) conference. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3704668 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3704668 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/603/hello_goodbye Lyn Whitfield reports from Liverpool on an NHS Confederation conference pre-occupied by the entrance and exit of GP commissioning and primary care trusts. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3704669 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:02:34 +0100 3704669 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/602/bellwether Bristol has some ambitious and unusual ideas for sharing information around its local health and social care community. Daloni Carlisle reports on a project dubbed NHS Connecting Care. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3693037 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3693037 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/601/expert_view:_emma_byrne A member of the UCL team that reviewed the Summary Care Record looks beyond the numbers and behind the headlines at what it found. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3668524 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3668524 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/600/hell-ish UCL has spent three years evaluating the Summary Care Record and has now issued a 234 page report on the subject. Fiona Barr reads how 'The Devil's in the Detail' of this huge, but apparently disappointing, undertaking. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3668525 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:44:03 +0100 3668525 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/599/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma ISoft has finally seen the latest version of its Lorenzo electronic patient record software go live at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust. Yet its share price has come under pressure on the Australian Stock Exchange. E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma considers the implications. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3646399 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:36:28 +0100 3646399 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/598/moving_on_up Next week, Britain's biggest single-site hospital will open its doors to thousands of patients. Sarah Bruce headed to Birmingham to see how much of a priority IT is for a hospital that has been given the opportunity to start from scratch. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3646400 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:04:58 +0100 3646400 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/596/on_a_payroll Excellence in healthcare ICT service delivery (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3623257 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:29:46 +0100 3623257 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/595/image_conscious As the new government starts to announce its austerity plans, it might seem wildly optimistic for the PACS/RIS community to be talking about investment in the next generation of software. Yet this turned out to be the big theme when Linda Davidson sounded out opinion on the state of digital imaging in the run up to UKRC. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3623258 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:42:30 +0100 3623258 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/594/ehi_interview:_kate_grimes The chief executive of Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is delighted with its November implementation of Cerner Millennium. However, she tells E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma that the software needs to be more forgiving to use and that data migration caused unexpected problems. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3605428 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3605428 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/593/expert_view:_alan_dutta-plummer Alan Dutta-Plummer is a senior project consultant with JAC, a supplier of medicines management solutions to the NHS. He has just spent three years at Milton Keynes NHS Trust, where he helped to introduce the Lean Approach with the aim of cutting waste and making savings, as well as safeguarding patient safety. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3579255 Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3579255 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/592/normal_for_norfolk Best use of telehealth and telecare NHS Norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Telemedcare and Barchester Healthcare Group (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3579256 Thu, 20 May 2010 09:43:22 +0100 3579256 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/591/all_tooned_up EHI reporter Sarah Bruce returns to Newcastle to see how Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is coping with Cerner Millennium, six months after it went-live with the new system outside the National Programme for IT in the NHS. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3558141 Thu, 13 May 2010 13:37:57 +0100 3558141 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/590/stay_sharp Microsoft Research held an open day at its Cambridge labs last week. Lyn Whitfield joined journalists and academics to find out what its computer scientists have planned for the future. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3558142 Wed, 12 May 2010 13:44:01 +0100 3558142 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/589/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma argues that an incoming UK government looking to make savings may find the £3 billion of unsigned CSC deals an irresistible target. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3540072 Thu, 06 May 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3540072 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/588/all_wirelessed_up Best use of wireless healthcare Winner: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3540073 Thu, 06 May 2010 14:27:46 +0100 3540073 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/587/personal_view:_john_cruickshank The general election John Cruickshank is the author of a recent 2020health.org.uk report on 'Fixing NHS IT'. Here he sets out what he would like a new government to do in its first 100 days in power. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3517005 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3517005 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/587/personal_view:_john_cruikshank The general election John Cruikshank is the author of a recent 2020health.org.uk report on 'Fixing NHS IT'. Here he sets out what he would like a new government to do in its first 100 days in power. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3513127 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3513127 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/586/bus_stopping NHS North West is telling trusts they can get off the Lorenzo bus. Sarah Bruce looks at the implications for the North, Midlands and East of England. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3506202 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3506202 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/585/manifesto_destiny As the general election campaign gets into its final weeks, Lyn Whitfield looks at what England's three major political parties are promising - and not saying - about healthcare and IT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492193 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3492193 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/584/hub_for_spoke A framework contract developed by two regional procurement hubs is changing the digital dictation market. It has already released significant savings; but could it stifle innovation? Daloni Carlisle reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3492194 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:09:51 +0100 3492194 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/582/ehi_interview:_norman_lamb The general election As the general election campaign gets into full swing, Sarah Bruce talks to Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb, who has a special interest in healthcare IT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3469568 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3469568 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/580/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma As details of BT's new deal for London emerge, it is becoming clear that the NHS has given up on its goal of creating integrated, shared electronic records. The editor of E-Health Insider asks if what's left represents value for money. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3451251 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3451251 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/579/note_perfect Healthcare ICT product innovation Winner: MCP Systems and Walsall Hospitals (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3445903 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3445903 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/578/it’s_party_time The general election With the general election fast approaching, Sarah Bruce asked politicians, policy makers, analysts and trusts what they would put in their health IT manifesto. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3422466 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:48:48 +0100 3422466 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/577/reboot:_the_resurrection .clearfix:after { content: "."; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3426693 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:32:25 +0100 3426693 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/576/predict_and_survive Predictive risk modelling is coming into its own, as the NHS looks to improve productivity and efficiency and more - and more refined - models and tools become available. Daloni Carlisle reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3417864 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3417864 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/574/technology_for_the_evolving_world_of_consumer_health What part can information technology play in the battle against the big health timebombs, namely the ageing babyboomer generation and younger generations showing worrying tendencies towards ill health? Linda Davidson examines the issues ahead of a round table discussion sponsored by iSOFT, to which readers are invited to contribute. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3387848 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3387848 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/573/peering_into_the_future Best use of IM&T to promote patient safety Winner: (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3380671 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3380671 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/572/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma As the British Medical Association has another fret about the Summary Care Record, Jon Hoeksma says it's time to ask: where are the clinical champions for NHS IT? (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3367873 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3367873 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/570/oh_vienna Coverage from ECR 2010 What are the key trends in PACS/RIS technology and management? Linda Davidson asked some of the participants at the vast European Congress of Radiology in Vienna last week. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3352054 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3352054 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/571/on_your_benchmarker Excellence in healthcare information management (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3352055 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:15 +0100 3352055 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/568/on_the_right_path Gifford Batstone, national clinical Lead for pathology, NHS Connecting for Health, says that interoperability is the key to modernising pathology IT - and lots of work is underway to make sure it happens. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3328776 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3328776 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/567/winning_ways The E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in association with BT received a record number of entries. Over a three day judging process, almost 200 submissions were whittled down to a shortlist for the nine categories on offer alongside the overall winner and Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year prizes. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3317262 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3317262 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/566/expert_view:_gayna_hart The managing director of Quicksilva argues that NHS Connecting for Health has had a positive impact on social services. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3308809 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3308809 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/565/forest_for_the_cup Healthcare IM&T team of the year Winner: NHS Waltham Forest (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3304335 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3304335 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/564/where_did_my_snomed_go_tcq The UK Terminology Centre is hosting the distribution of SNOMED CT to low income countries. In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Ken Lunn, head of the centre and director of standards and products at the NHS Technology Office, explains. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3281403 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3281403 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/563/that’ll_bi_lovely Excellence in healthcare information management (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3274069 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3274069 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/562/nme_at_the_gate As the deadline for Morecambe Bay to go-live with Lorenzo Release 1.9 approaches, Sarah Bruce takes a look at the state of the national programme in the North, Midlands and East. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3256637 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3256637 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/561/expert_view:_paul_michaels There is mounting pressure on chief information officers to reduce their IT costs. The question isn't so much where to cut, but how to do it without compromising services. Paul Michaels, director of consulting at Metri UK, considers how to control outsourcer costs and areas like data storage, where costs are rising. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3237512 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3237512 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/560/expert_view:_dr_alex_horne The medical director at North East London NHS Foundation Trust explains why business intelligence is critical to meeting the unique set of challenges faced by mental health trusts and why his organisation is working with Ardentia. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3218444 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3218444 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/559/it_rules Last week, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust held its annual IT open day to promote and share its IT strategy for the coming year, Sarah Bruce went along. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3214183 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3214183 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/557/do_more_with_less The Department of Health's latest policy, operational and informatics guidance sets out in detail the challenge facing the NHS from the coming financial year. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3191053 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:30:00 +0100 3191053 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/555/ehi_interview:_matthew_swindells EHI editor Jon Hoeksma talks to Matthew Swindells, the new chair of BCS Health, and the man who led an influential review of NHS IT before leaving to head up Tribal Group's healthcare practice. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3180921 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3180921 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/554/expert_view:_andy_jones This week, the Information Commissioner's Office warned data controllers that they could face a £500,000 penalty if they breach the Data Protection Act. Andy Jones, European director and general manager of Xerox Global Services, gives his view on how to secure NHS data. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3169245 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3169245 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/553/checked_out Best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement in healthcare (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3154753 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:30:00 +0100 3154753 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/552/read_all_about_it:_2010 On the eve of 2010, E-Health Insider reporter Sarah Bruce asked some of the big players in the NHS IT industry - and NHS trusts - what they expected to happen over the next 12 months and what their NHS IT 2010 wish list would look like. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3131387 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3131387 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/547/that_was_the_year_that_was:_2009 Lyn Whitfield looks back over a year of healthcare IT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3127705 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3127705 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/548/ehi's_quiz_of_the_year .questions { list-style: none; margin-top: 14px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3125467 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3125467 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/550/the_politics_of_2010 As 2009 went on there was mounting concern about how the credit crunch would affect NHS spending and the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Sarah Bruce asked politicians and policy makers to predict what 2010 will bring - and to set out their wish lists for the coming year. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3123817 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3123817 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/548/answers_to_ehi's_quiz_of_the_year .questions { list-style: none; margin-top: 14px; (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3158549 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:01 +0100 3158549 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/546/a_year_in_the_life_of_tpp December is turning out to be a busy month for healthcare IT supplier TPP. The company which expects to announce the deployment of its first acute system in the very near future says it has 20 demonstrations booked for its secondary care system in the weeks before Christmas and that demand for its acute offering has been "spectacular." (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3107528 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3107528 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/545/tooning_up_millennium Last month, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust went live with the Cerner Millennium system it contracted from University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, outside the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Sarah Bruce visited the trust to see whether its gambit is paying off. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3094241 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3094241 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/544/and_statistics Dr Foster and the Care Quality Commission found themselves embroiled in a massive row over how to rate hospitals recently, when Dr Foster's annual Hospital Guide came up with different results to the CQC's Annual Health Check and it apparently failed to spot problems in Basildon. Daloni Carlisle delves into the fraught world of data collection and interpretation. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3094242 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:48:00 +0100 3094242 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/543/cloud_in_the_windy_city Neil Versel visits the Radiological Society of North America conference in Chicago and finds cloud computing and mobile applications are the big IT themes of the event. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3090915 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3090915 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/542/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma looks back over a week of confusion for the National Programme for IT in the NHS, and considers what the turmoil says about the chances of a fast and successful procurement being run in the South. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3077302 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3077302 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/541/what’s_going_on_darling_tcq With just under six months until a general election must held, the government wanted this week's Pre-Budget Report to set out coherent plans for 'saving' the public services while recovering the public finances. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3077303 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:50:11 +0100 3077303 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/540/expert_view:_kathy_mclean Dr Kathy McLean, medical director and director with lead responsibility for innovation at NHS East Midlands, looks at how to make best use of £220m innovation funding to improve working practices and the quality of patient care. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3050004 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3050004 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/539/expert_view:_andy_bratt The chief executive officer of Graphnet Health examines the role of interoperability in the era of centralised systems, the need for new thinking and the opportunities presented by 'next generation interoperability.' (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3028097 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:01 +0100 3028097 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/538/green_nhs_green_it In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Chris Wilber, director of infrastructure at the NHS Technology Office, discusses the part that IT has to play in greening the NHS. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3028098 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:59:10 +0100 3028098 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/537/train_on As the trainer at South Western Ambulance Service's A&E control room in Exeter, Andy Inniss faced a problem. The control room staff work 168 hours a week on a variety of shift patterns in a fast changing and stressful environment. He works 37.5 hours a week. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3010299 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0100 3010299 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/536/once_more_with_feeling E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma talks to Kate Grimes, chief executive of Kingston Hospital NS Trust, about being the first trust to go live with Cerner Millennium since the Royal Free. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3001652 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 3001652 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/534/going_live Some 1,300 people converged on The ICC in Birmingham for E-Health Insider Live '09. E-Health Insider's editorial team was there to find out the latest on life inside and outside the National Programme for IT in the NHS and what the future may hold as a general election approaches. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2982893 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +0100 2982893 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/532/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma reflects on a busy couple of weeks for news about the National Programme for IT in the NHS and says the sudden flurry of activity can mean only one thing - those November deadlines matter and judgement day is coming for NPfIT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2965148 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0100 2965148 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/531/it’s_cold_out_there Malcolm Newbury, a director of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise UK, says it's time to break out of Groundhog Day and find a new way of doing interoperability in the post NPfIT world. Also that visitors to E-Health Insider Live '09 will be able to see the future on the IHE stand. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2961064 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 2961064 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/530/mind_the_gap Brian Derry was appointed executive director of information services at the NHS Information Centre in November 2008. Before that, he had a short secondment to NHS Connecting for Health, to lead initial implementation of the Health Informatics Review. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2949275 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0100 2949275 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/529/reboot_29.10.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2941275 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0100 2941275 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/528/over_to_eu Mike Palmer, a project officer in the ICT for Health Unit of the Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate-General in Brussels, will be speaking at E-Health Insider Live '09. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2936566 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2936566 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/527/400_issues_and_counting Jon Hoeksma is co-founder and co-director of E-Health Insider, which launched its first newsletter in December 2001. As the 400th edition goes to press, he looks back at eight years of reporting on health IT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2918046 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:23:41 +0100 2918046 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/526/quick_wins The E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in association with BT were presented at the Hilton on Park Lane in London on 20 October. The winners were over the moon, gobsmacked and delighted - but keen to stress that most of the projects were team efforts that had taken years to come to fruition. Lyn Whitfield reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2914106 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2914106 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/525/epr:_the_drama Coming out of a West End play with a tear in your eye or a grin on your face isn't unusual. But Sarah Bruce wasn't expecting to feel so emotional at the end of a play about the use of electronic patient records in the NHS. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2906540 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100 2906540 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/524/quality_street Richard Hamblin, director of intelligence at the Care Quality Commission, talks to Lyn Whitfield about the lessons to be learned from Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and how the CQC plans to use data to safeguard patient care in the future. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2903790 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0100 2903790 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/523/reboot_16.10.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2896551 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2896551 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/522/access_code NHS Connecting for Health is issuing guidance on the use of the Personal Demographics Service. Dr Maureen Baker CBE, Caldicott Guardian and clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, explains what is in it and what should happen if the rules are broken. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2892391 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2892391 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/520/vet_centre Dr Adam Darkins, chief consultant for care co-ordination and telehealth at the US Veterans Health Administration, will be appearing via video link at E-Health Insider Live '09. Ahead of the event, he talks to EHI's US correspondent, Neil Versel, about its experience of telehealth and how it can re-engineer care. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2881898 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0100 2881898 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/519/reboot_9.10.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2877809 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0100 2877809 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/518/put_cross_here Last month, E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk decided to run a poll on the future of electronic health records in England. The aim was to test support for the Conservative Party's plans for a shake-up of the National Programme for IT in the NHS and its reported interest in letting patients store records with Microsoft and Google. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2860433 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:30:00 +0100 2860433 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/517/reboot_2.10.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2853650 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:53:46 +0100 2853650 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/516/i_wrote_it_ten_times_or_more Journalist Michael Cross will be chairing the "long view" panel session E-Health Insider Live '09. Here he has a "Life on Mars" moment in looking back over 30 years of writing about NHS IT. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2853651 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:07:25 +0100 2853651 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/515/ehi_interview:_gwyn_thomas Informing Healthcare is taking an incremental and collaborative approach to delivering an electronic patient record for Wales. The strategy has won many plaudits, but progress can seem agonisingly slow. Sarah Bruce talks to chief executive Dr Gwyn Thomas. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2844524 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2844524 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/514/insider_view:_jon_hoeksma It's Christine Connelly's paper anniversary. Jon Hoeksma reflects on her first year. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2826204 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:43:40 +0100 2826204 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/513/reboot_24.9.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2826205 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:04:24 +0100 2826205 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/511/information_for_world_class_commissioning World Class Commissioning is a developing discipline with information at its heart. Daloni Carlisle reports. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2802273 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:42:10 +0100 2802273 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/510/ehi_interview:_andrew_spence Reporter Sarah Bruce talks to Andrew Spence, CSC's director of healthcare strategy, about the importance of Lorenzo, progress in rolling it out, and the future prospects for healthcare IT in England. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2802274 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:07:02 +0100 2802274 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/509/reboot_17.9.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2802275 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:21:17 +0100 2802275 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/507/reboot_11.9.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2783943 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:00:00 +0100 2783943 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/506/setting_records_straight The Shared Record Professional Guidance project was run by the Royal College of General Practitioners for NHS Connecting for Health. Peter Short, CfH's national clinical lead GP, talks about the principles behind the new document and how it should stimulate debate about sharing information across clinical settings. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2780205 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:55:51 +0100 2780205 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/505/arctic_blast A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from 'tepid' to 'arctic.' Sarah Bruce asked analysts, industry experts and IT workers on the ground how they see the recession hitting NHS IT and when they expect to start feeling the squeeze. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2776324 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:40:40 +0100 2776324 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/503/reboot_3.9.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2759909 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:30:00 +0100 2759909 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/502/reboot_27.8.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2749144 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:30:00 +0100 2749144 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/501/personal_view:_tim_benson Standards guru Tim Benson argues that understanding health interoperability, HL7 and SNOMED CT will become increasingly important in this taster of his new book. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2749145 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:53 +0100 2749145 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/500/reboot_20.8.2009 Hello and welcome to reboot, E-Health Insider's look at the lighter side of life in healthcare technology. We'd love to see your own diary items, media spots and appointments news. All contributions gratefully received: email Lyn Whitfield. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2749146 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:32:36 +0100 2749146 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/499/personal_view:_mary_hawking Mary Hawking, a GP and critical friend of NHS IT, asks: are your records fit for sharing? (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2749147 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:16:13 +0100 2749147 http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/498/in_defence_of_the_spine Ewan Davis surprises himself by taking up the case in defence of the NHS Spine. He argues that if we didn't have it we'd have to invent it. (Source: E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis) E-Health Insider Opinion And Analysis news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2749148 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:09:18 +0100 2749148