NHS England wants an open source electronic patient record system to be an option for NHS trusts, “if they want it." Read More »

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is going live with the first three clinical modules of its open source electronic patient record early next month. Read More »

In this slideshow, Mike ONeill, Senior Advisor to the Director, VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), US Department of Veterans Affairs, outlines the need for a new approach to electronic health record systems and draws on the benefits of establishing a new and international open-source community. Read More »

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is working with consultancy ReStart to develop an open source portal to give clinicians a single view of data held in its PAS and departmental systems. Read More »

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled-out an open source nursing observations system, Wardware, to 12 wards. Read More »

In this slideshow Joseph Dal Molin, President of the E-cology Corporation and Chairman of WorldVistA, outlines Jordan’s health system and its approach to implementing VistA, an open-source electronic health record. Read More »

A new strategy, which the government says will save millions that are currently wasted on public sector ICT, was published by the Cabinet Office today. Read More »

A group of clinicians and developers won NHS Hack Day Oxford with an open source electronic patient record for cardiologists. Read More »

A Healthcare App Network for Development and Innovation has been set up by developers, clinicians, and others with an interest in developing health and care apps. Read More »

EHI are reporting that Microtest and TPP have signed up to the MIG/Healthcare Gateway project, joining EMIS, INPS and Adastra in enabling the sharing of data between healthcare professionals. Good to see that all five vendors can play nicely together to improve data exchanges in the healthcare information economy. Read More »