EHI interview: Matthew Swindells
Jon Hoeksma talks to the new chair of BCS Health about the past and future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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60 Second Interview: Matthew Swindells
Joe Fernandez talks to Matthew Swindells, former interim chief information officer for the DH, and now a managing director of health at consultancy Tribal.
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LISs to LIPs with the Health Informatics Review
The much anticipated Health Informatics Review only comes close to setting a new direction for the national programme. But it has many other ideas to drive informatics in the NHS.
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Swindells says Darzi 50 per cent about information
Matthew Swindells has said that the NHS Informatics Review sets an unprecedented information challenge.
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NHS informatics review set to stress continuity
As part of the next stage review of the health service will see the publication of the blueprint for NHS informatics, to accompany last week’s ten year blueprint for the health service ‘High Quality Care for All: The NHS Next Stage Review’. The accompanying informatics review matters as the Darzi direction of travel is all […]
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Darzi review stresses choice and information
Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the government’s NHS next stage review.
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Bainbridge warns of need for telecare
Health and social care services have five years to develop the telehealth and telecare services they will need to cope with an ageing population, Dr Mike Bainbridge, NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical architect, has warned. Speaking at a fringe session at this year’s NHS Confederation conference, Dr Bainbridge said that ageing combined with an increasing […]
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NHS says Lorenzo won’t be complete until 2016
North West Strategic Health Authority says it does not expect full installation of the strategic Lorenzo electronic patient record software until 2016, a year later the date set out in last week’s National Audit Office report. A board paper from the SHA says a new contract between CfH/NHS and local service provider (LSP) CSC is […]
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Swindells calls for stronger use of information
Departing CIO at the Department of Health, Matthew Swindells, has stressed the importance of the NHS using information to make the service better. In the opening speech at the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate today, Swindells stressed that NHS managers must see information they produce as an asset, and not just numbers. “NHS managers must […]
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