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Calling time
Will NPfIT deliver this time? Sarah Bruce asked some IT directors for their views.
Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
Has the bar been dropped so low that the NHS IT programme is now guaranteed to succeed? Asks Jon Hoeksma.
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NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards for the Emergency Care
Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety
The Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety was won by NHS National Services Scotland for the Emergency Care Summary. The runners up were

Global Population Health Summit Took Place in New York
New York, USA: The Global Population Health Summit – GPHS, recently took place in New

Converge around the person, not the technology
The debate on EPR convergence needs to acknowledge the inescapable variety of the health and

Outdated ‘legacy tech’ risks driving frustrated staff out of the NHS
Old and outdated tech could be exacerbating the health service’s staffing crisis, writes Mark Burton

Why aren’t we better at sharing transfer of care information?
Tech suppliers and NHS providers need to work together to improve the sharing of information

AI will drive up standards in surgery and tackle health inequality
New digital technologies can enable surgeons to ‘virtually scrub-in’ and share knowledge around the world,