As part of the announcement, Microsoft has shown how InfoPath-created forms can be used to route data according to the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) format, a new standard adopted by the healthcare industry for the electronic exchange of data.
The work of the board will enable wider consultation and input into the way the NHS Care Records Service is being developed. In response to the scale of process change and staff training that will be needed to ensure effective implementation of the...
BT was awarded the full 10-year, £996m patient record system contract last December by the Department of Health as part of the £6bn NHS National Programme for IT and is the lead local service provider is responsible for providing the...
He was reported by the BBC as saying that patients could "opt out" of having their records electronically stored, with no mention of conditions attached to the right. They will still have local electronic records and a national shared record, but...
At the core of the project is the NHS Care Records Service, which is designed to replace local NHS computer systems with more integrated packages and make parts of a patient's clinical record available electronically throughout England.
The digital x-ray Picture Archiving and Communications System has also been hailed as a success. The company's Lorenzo clinical record software is a core part of the NHS IT programme but iSoft has been hit by protracted financial troubles that have...