New Research Reveals NHS Acute Trusts Set to Spend £800m per Year on Health IT by 2015
NHS acute trusts in England will be spending around £800m a year on IT in four years time, as they respond to the end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS and other pressures, new research shows. The 'Market by numbers' report from EHI Intelligence launched at EHI Live 2012, reveals that total IT spend in this sector will increase by 4.2% in 2012 - 2013, despite overall trust budgets remaining flat.
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Hospitals in North West England Have Saved Lives Using Clarity Informatics' Quality Improvement Service
Figures published in today's New England Journal of Medicine by a team of economists and health experts from the Universities of Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham and Cambridge, show significant drops in mortality after using Clarity Informatics' Quality Improvement Service (QIS) in the North West of England.
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Ehealth Insider Launched EHI Imaging Informatics Channel at EHI Live 2012
EHealth Insider (EHI) has launched a new channel focused on digital imaging systems at EHI Live 2012. The new channel, EHI Imaging Informatics, will strengthen EHI's existing coverage of this emerging discipline, which requires close collaboration between knowledgeable clinicians, specialist informaticians and industry experts.
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Chief Clinical Information Officers Bring Seniority and Deep Clinical Expertise to New Role
The first survey of serving NHS chief clinical information officers (CCIOs) highlights the deep clinical experience that is being brought to the new role. It also shows CCIOs are spending 50% more time on the role than their organisations have budgeted for, as they make clinical engagement and information strategy their top priorities. This clearly highlights the growing importance of the CCIO.
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St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and IMS MAXIMS Join Forces
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the country and IMS MAXIMS, a supplier of end-to-end electronic patient record systems have partnered to offer the NHS a fully integrated electronic patient record solution.
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Keynote Speech at First CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference at EHI Live 2012
Clinical and nursing staff will join IT colleagues and suppliers next month, at EHI Live 2012, to explore ways to promote and develop clinical information leadership within the NHS. They will be attending the CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference, the UK's first conference dedicated to bridging the gap between doctors and nurses and the technologists installing and running IT at all levels across the NHS.
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Northgate to Provide Infrastructure Services to NHS in England
Northgate Managed Services is to introduce its specialist ICT outsourcing solutions to the healthcare market in England. The company will showcase its comprehensive portfolio of ICT services - including the launch of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure service to the market in England - at EHI Live 2012 at the NEC Birmingham.
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NHS acute trusts in England will be spending around £800m a year on IT in four years time, as they respond to the end of the National Programme for IT in the NHS and other pressures, new research shows. The 'Market by numbers' report from EHI Intelligence launched at EHI Live 2012, reveals that total IT spend in this sector will increase by 4.2% in 2012 - 2013, despite overall trust budgets remaining flat. 
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the country and IMS MAXIMS, a supplier of end-to-end electronic patient record systems have partnered to offer the NHS a fully integrated electronic patient record solution.