Useful links


September 2005

Information Technology press websites:
Computer Weekly
UK publication with analysis, research, reviews, opinions and news on information technology.
Go to the website here - www.computerweekly.com/

e-health insider
A weekly independent online news and information service dedicated to UK healthcare information technology.
Go to the website here - www.e-health-insider.com/ Useful links for doctors in England
Connecting for Health
NHS Connecting for Health, which came into operation on April 1 2005, is an agency of the Department of Health. Its primary role is to deliver new, integrated IT systems and services to help modernise the NHS and ensure care is centred around the patient.
Go to the website here - www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/

NHS Health Informatics
Details of news, events and publications in the field of health informatics.
Go to the website here - www.informatics.nhs.uk/

Department of Health, Information Policy
Information on the development and ongoing implementation of the Department’s information technology strategy.
Go to the website here - www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/InformationPolicy/fs/en

Care Record Development Board
The Board brings together patients and service users, the public, and social and healthcare professionals within a single forum to set the new model for care. It works with the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to enable sharing of information, scheduling and processes across traditional boundaries.
Go to the website here - www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/crdb/

Useful links for doctors in Northern Ireland
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety ICT Strategy
Download the Strategy document as a pdf from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety website.
Go to the website here - www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/publications/2005/HPSS-ICT-Strategy.asp

Information and Communications Technology Strategy - Implementing the ICT Strategy
Download the Implementation document as a pdf from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety website.
Download as a pdf here - www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/publications/2005/HPSS-ICT-Programme-Summary.pdf

Useful links for doctors in Scotland
ehealth Information Management and Technology for NHS Scotland
Go to the website here - www.show.scot.nhs.uk/imt/

National eHealth IMT Strategy
The national strategy provides a clear statement of national priorities for health and the NHS in Scotland with an emphasis on translating policy into tangible, practical measures that will deliver results.
Go to the website here - www.show.scot.nhs.uk/imt/

SCI Support Centre
SCI Store provides clinicians with secure access to patient information at the point of care. Store is an information repository which is integrated to other local systems though its communication interfaces.
Go to the website here - www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sci/products/store/store_main.htm

Useful links for doctors in Wales
NHS Wales - Informing Healthcare
Informing Healthcare is a National Programme to develop new methods, tools and information technologies to transform health services for the people of Wales. Its aim is to modernise health service delivery, promoting new ways of working through better access to information and knowledge for shared decision making.
Go to the website here - http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc/home.cfm

NHS Wales - Informing Healthcare Strategy
The document 'Informing healthcare : transforming healthcare using information and IT' is available on the NHS Wales website.
Download as a pdf here - http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/documents/515/ihc-strategy-e.pdf

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