Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings
Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced yesterday. The savings form part of the emergency measures set out in the pre-budget report designed to kick-start the British economy, which is predicted to be heading into a deep recession. Government borrowing will […]
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iSoft announces new products at Medica
iSoft has launched two integrated care systems for the German market, based on the company’s new Lorenzo software.
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Rescue plan for Royal Free
A 90-day rescue plan is underway at The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust to try and fix a catalogue of 22 major problems with the Cerner Millennium Care Records System installed by BT. Problems caused by the system have so far cost the trust £7.2m, disrupted the delivery of care and led to delays in […]
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Intel personal health management system
A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by Intel.
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Germany’s GEK picks Atos for e-health card
German health insurer, Gmünder ErsatzKasse (GEK), has signed a five-year deal with Atos World line, to implement and operate the new German electronic health card (EHC) on its behalf. During 2009, GEK plans to issue 30,000 cards per day in order to provide its 1.7million members in Germany with the new e-health card. Due to […]
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Interoperable PHRs could save US $21bn a year
A US study has projected that personal health records have the potential to save the US healthcare system €16.3 billion a year.
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Computer virus takes down Barts and the London
A computer virus has infected Barts and The London NHS Trust, shutting down the computer system that runs its three hospitals for more than 24-hours. The network went down on Monday lunchtime, taking out internet and email and other applications. A trust spokesperson told E-Health Insider: "The virus attacked yesterday afternoon, and the IT department put in place […]
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Patients to get Facebook-style Communicator
From March, patients will be able to carry out email consultations with GPs and other clinicians using a Facebook-style tool called Communicator. E-Health Insider has been told that Communicator will be launched as part of ambitious development plans for HealthSpace, the online organiser that gives patients access to their NHS Summary Care Record. Communicator will […]
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Ireland gets register of health informatics pros
The Health Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) will this week launch the first Irish register of health informatics professionals at its annual conference. I-CHIP, the Irish Council for Health Informatics Professions, will provide a register and classification of health informatics professional in Ireland. The HISI estimates there are that fewer than 1000 dedicated ICT staff […]
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Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB
The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it easier for researchers to access patient information. According to the Guardian, Harry Cayton has described plans to give researchers access to patient information to recruit for medical trials as “ethically unacceptable.” The proposals are included in […]
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