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Milton Keynes University Hospital to pilot smart hospital solution

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to pilot a smart hospital solution which aims toĀ improve productivity and efficiency.
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Technology is the answer to the healthcare productivity challenge

As healthcare spending rises, Jonathan Pearson, UK head of healthcare at PA Consulting, looks at why technology could help improve
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Carter: NHS to adopt ‘meaningful use’

NHS Improvement should create ā€˜meaningful use’ standards for clinical IT systems and use incentives to drive better adoption of technology,
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Swindells: ā€˜fight on’ for informaticians

The chair of BCS Healthcare, Matthew Swindells, has told a conference in Glasgow that the challenge for NHS informaticians ā€œhas
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Funding forecast is colder than ever

The NHS would have to make historically unprecedented productivity gains to close the gap between its likely funding after 2011
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QIPP focus for Yorks and Humber IT

More than 50% of GP practices in NHS Yorkshire and the Humber will be on TPP’s SystmOne by the end of
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DH to review hand-held devices

The Department of Health is to review the market for hand-held devices for community-based staff, with a view to issuing
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Money, money, money

The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Webinar reveals demand for IT evidence

The Royal College of Nursing’s informatics expert has called for better evidence to convince nurses of the benefits of technology
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Nicholson warns of ā€˜unprecedented’ savings

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned the NHS that it may need to make “unprecedented” levels of savings from
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