CCIO Network chair calls for national CCIO role to be “beefed up”

Three high-calibre clinical leaders have been tipped for the short-list to become the new NHS Chief Clinical Information Officer.
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‘NHS Cyber Security Batsignal’ peer-to-peer alerting system to launch next month

The two chairs of the largest independent communities of NHS digital leaders will launch the ‘NHS Cyber Security Batsignal’, a
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NHS England CIO says service needs ‘at least’ another £4.2 billion for IT

NHS England’s CIO Will Smart has said the NHS needs at least another £4.2 billion of IT investment to finish
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Imprivata boss says its acquisition of Caradigm will benefit NHS

Imprivata, the healthcare IT security and access management company has acquired identity management firm Caradigm from GE Health for an
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Orion’s Colin Henderson appointed UK health boss for DXC

Colin Henderson, former boss of Orion Health UK, has been confirmed as DXC’s new general manager for the company’s Healthcare
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MPs told that a further 162,000 medical documents undelivered

MPs investigating the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence have been told that 162,000 extra documents went missing, beyond
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NHS Scotland awards Cambio CDS contract

NHS Scotland has selected Sweden’s Cambio Healthcare Systems to supply a national clinical decision support system.
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17 NHS trusts to use OpenEHR for 100,000 Genomes Project

A group of 17 leading NHS trusts in and around London have begun making use of OpenEHR to capture and
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Nottingham to review digital care record due to patient safety concerns

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust is to urgently review its £14m digital records system roll-out after consultants wrote to the
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Cerner “lowered prices, rather a lot,” to get into GDE “game”

One of the most experienced and highly regarded NHS CIOs has said Cerner significantly dropped its prices to win new
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