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Renegotiations source value for money for Hertfordshire
adult services
In the most challenging
financial climate in decades, how can councils reform their
outgoings and increase efficiencies? Hertfordshire County
Council, through seeking value for money and the
renegotiation of care costs, has done just that.
Iain MacBeath explores the council’s journey.
August 2010
Brighton and
Hove Integrated Care Service develops bespoke system for
patient referral
BICS developed a
tailor-made patient management system to enable intelligent
data capture from primary care providers and, linking with
the NHS Choose and Book system, ensure patients are referred
to the best available care provider within strict
timescales. August 2010
Buying green
IT
Information technology is accounting for
an increasing amount of global energy use and industrial
waste. For purchasers, however, making 'green decisions' is
difficult and complex due to the lack of clear data and
policies on labelling and manufacturing. Gary Price of VAR Probrand explores the migration of the green
agenda into IT procurement. July 2010
How to
improve information governance and patient care
Information governance is the framework for ensuring
that the right people have access to the right data for
patient care. This is complex in practice due to the many
points of care that each patient can encounter and the
multiple disparate records and rules that these create.
Wayne Parslow of Carefx gives advice on how to take the
right approach. July 2010
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