South Central chooses McKesson for HR support
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust has selected McKesson Shared Services to support its HR and payroll functions. The deal will give the trust first-line support for administration tasks associated with using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), which McKesson provides to the health service under a Department of Health contract. Natalie Edwards, the trust’s […]
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New wireless monitoring patch unveiled
Prototype version of ST+D’s electrode patch A wireless electrode patch that can be worn by a patient and tracked from any internet connection in the world is being developed by vital signs monitoring specialist ST+D technology, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The patch is being trialled at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, with a view to […]
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New website lets patients rate doctors
Dr Neil Bacon founder of www.iWantGreatCare.org A website has been launched that allows patients to rate individual GPs and hospital doctors and share information about their healthcare experiences. Visitors to the website, can rate their doctor using sliding scales for three questions: ‘Do you trust this doctor? Does this doctor listen? Would you recommend this […]
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NHS Choices publishes long term conditions guides
A series of online NHS health guides for people with long term conditions has been launched on the NHS Choices website. The guides take patients from symptoms to diagnosis to living with and self-managing their condition. Over the next year, NHS Choices will be rolling out more guides to cover the 60 most common long […]
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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary uses ExtraMed software
Screenshot of BEDS system from ExtraMed NHS Grampian is planning to roll out a real-time bed management system across its nine hospitals following a deployment at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The BEDS system from ExtraMed has replaced a paper-based system in which ward managers would monitor and report on the bed status of their ward twice-daily. […]
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Online pharmacies a ‘counterfeiting superhighway’
Over 60% of medicines purchased online are fake and could potentially be lethal for vulnerable patients according to EAASM.
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Latest BNFC interfaces with NHS dm+d
The new online edition of the latest BNF for Children – BNFC 2008 – will include a new interface to the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d). The BNF says this is intended to provide healthcare professionals with seamless access to BNFC content on the internet using NHS dm+d codes, “helping them to make […]
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Competition for better information use
The Power of Information Taskforce has launched a competition to encourage people to find better ways of using the information the government holds. The taskforce, which was established by the Cabinet Office in March, is offering a prize of up to £20,000 to take the winning idea forward with a development team. It is also […]
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NHS Supply Chain extends iSoft deal
NHS Supply Chain has extended its contract with iSoft to host its e-commerce and logistics applications until 2010. The contract extends the ten-year partnership with NHS Supply Chain, which began with its predecessor organisation NHS Logistics. ISoft has been taken over by IBA Health since the original contract was awarded. Operated by DHL Logistics, NHS […]
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New information tools promised for commissioning
The Department of Health is to develop new technology systems over the next year, to help commissioners achieve the goals of its world class commissioning framework. In its ‘Our vision for Primary and Community Care’ report, published as part of the next stage review of the NHS, the DH pledges to “enhance the range of […]
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