Pulse+IT's weekly weekend round-up of international health IT and eHealth news:
NHS Number use becomes law
Digital Health News ~ Rebecca McBeth ~ 01/10/2015
The NHS Number must be used as a single patient identifier across the health and social care system, under a new law which comes into effect today.
Meaningful Use program seen interfering with EHR interoperability
Health Data Management ~ Greg Slabodkin ~ 01/10/2015
The federal government’s Meaningful Use program is hindering, not helping, private sector efforts aimed at enabling nationwide electronic health record interoperability.
