Formally launched today, the latest version of healthcare record standards will inform the development of electronic health records by both clinicians and industry. This guidance can help to meet the Secretary of State for health’s challenge to the NHS to ‘go paperless’ by 2018.

Responding to the recent National Audit Office report on the delivery of detailed care records, the directors of the Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Health Informatics Unit (HIU) agree that the delivery of a central system for care records is not achievable. Instead, Professors John Williams a

A new audit on the provision of care for people dying in hospitals has found significant variations in care across hospitals in England.

Poor handover between doctors, nurses and multidisciplinary teams is a common cause of error in hospitals, and is a major preventable cause of patient harm. It can lead to inefficiencies, repetitions, delayed decisions, repeated investigations, incorrect diagnoses, incorrect treatment, and poor c

Apps, medical devices and healthcare software are increasing day by day, but how do we keep up with them and how can we keep them safe?

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) today hosted the launch of the eHealth Insider Chief Clinical Information Officers (CCIO) Leaders Network, a professional network designed to support doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who are stepping up to take the lead on IT and the use of inf