How can we make interoperability happen?
It's a question which has plagued the NHS for many a year: how can we make interoperability happen? For Peter Anderson, the answer is through a mixture of top-down focus and regional action.
View ArticlePoor communication between central and local NHS ‘hindering digitisation’
Establishing “clear dialogue” between local and central NHS is “essential” for ensuring national policy supports local digital advancement, a report found.
View ArticleCollaboration instead of competition ‘key for successful joined up care’
The Health and Social Care Committee said the NHS should not become a “monopoly” as it would not be in the best interest of patients.
View ArticleRoyal Papworth achieves ‘first of kind’ Lorenzo-Epic integration with CUH
Royal Papworth Hospital and Cambridge University Hospitals have developed an interface for sharing blood tests between their disparate EPRs.
View ArticlePathology partnership to deliver cross-network database in London
South West London Pathology has contracted CliniSys to deliver a new, integrated cross-network laboratory information management system.
View ArticleInteroperability named highest priority for NHS IT chiefs two years running
It was named by 78% of those questioned, according to the findings of the 2019 NHS IT Leadership Survey which is available to Intelligence subsribers.
View ArticleTech companies renew pledge to support interoperability in health
The likes of Google, Amazon and IBM have all said that “too often” patient data is “inconsistently formatted, incomplete, unavailable, or missing".
View ArticleINTEROPen turns to members for funding as NHS Digital pulls back
INTEROPen said independence from central bodies would put it in a stronger position to solve the interoperability priorities of the NHS and social care.
View Article‘Late and incomplete’ definitions from NHS stifling interoperability
David Hancock said interoperability is “nowhere near” where it needed to be, highlighting "late and incomplete" standards definitions from the NHS.
View ArticleIndustry co-chair of IHE-England talks standards
IHE is an initiative which promotes the use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 in order have better communications between systems.
View ArticleSpecial Report: Interoperability
Jennifer Trueland investigates whether FHIR and similar standards have finally become fully embedded in healthcare IT.
View ArticleTechnology ‘should not be an add-on when developing an ICS’
Technology on its own is not a solution to integrated care problems but “underpins” the success of many health systems, a Nuffield Trust research said.
View ArticleTPP founder recognises past mistakes but wants to be more accessible
Frank Hester talks about certain perceptions that surround him and why he wants to build on making the IT company more accessible in the future.
View ArticleTPP founder addresses past perceptions ahead of Rewired keynote
Ahead of his keynote at Rewired 2020, TTP founder Frank Hester has spoken about the NPfIT and his reputation for being difficult.
View ArticleInteroperability to be hotly debated at Digital Health Rewired 2020
With interoperability soaring high on the health IT agenda, Digital Health Rewired will have a whole track dedicated to the well-debated topic in March.
View ArticlePathology partnership to deliver cross-network database in London
South West London Pathology has contracted CliniSys to deliver a new, integrated cross-network laboratory information management system.
View ArticleIntensive Care Unit at Wirral gain access to medical devices information
Nurses from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust now have direct access to information generated by medical devices.
View ArticleTime to light the FHIR and get to grips with standards
Ewan Davis explores whether the standards that we have so far have been developed suffieciently enough to achieve interoperability.
View ArticleUS passes interoperability rules giving patients more data control
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has passed two rules that will help patients have more control over their health data.
View ArticleSolving interoperability is not ‘a technical problem, it’s a social problem’
Solving interoperability is not “a technical problem, it’s a social problem”, the co-chair of INTEROPen, David Hancockk, has told Digital Health News.
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