US calls out health information blockers
Health IT suppliers have been called out for blocking information flows to promote their narrow economic interests ahead of the biggest US health IT event of the year.
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Croydon prepares to expand Cerner use
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has completed integration testing for the second phase of its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system roll-out; significantly expanding its existing system.
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Executive focus
The chief information officer of a US hospital is a powerful figure, reporting directly to the chief executive. It wasn’t always so, explains Neil Versel, in the second of EHI’s features on senior information leaders in America.
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HIMSS UK launched
HIMSS has launched HIMSS UK after buying events management company Citadel in a move it hopes will bring an “outside perspective” to healthcare IT in the UK.
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From the Heart and Chest
EHealth Insider’s latest columnist, Dr Johan Waktare, is just months away from seeing an electronic patient record go live at his trust. But what is “an EPR” and how much “EPRedness” can an organisation take?
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Interoperability tops bill in Big Easy
Interoperability proved the favorite topic for the US health IT industry gathered in New Orleans this week for the annual HIMSS industry show.
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Carefx bought by Harris Corp for £96m
Carefx, a specialist in healthcare interoperability and portals, has been bought by US information technology specialist Harris Corp for £96m.
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A third of US hospitals now have EHRs
HIMSS Analytics launches awards
HIMSS Analytics Europe will in October introduce awards for European Hospitals that have achieved the highest scores on its the electronic medical record adoption model.
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HIMSS announces EU leadership summit
The Health Information Management and Systems Society Europe has announced a new European leadership summit that will take place in Rome, Italy, this autumn. The summit will provide an executive level forum that HIMSS hopes will attract more than 100 chief executive and chief information officers from health organisations across Europe. The event from 29 […]
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