UPMC team displaces Royal Berks staff
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has handed redundancy notices to its entire electronic patient record team as it prepares to implement a Cerner system with University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre.
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Adastra wins London polyclinic contract
Out-of-hours software provider Adastra has announced that it has been selected to provide patient registration, management and tracking for a London polyclinic. The Waltham Forest, Oliver Road Polyclinic is one of five polyclinics opening in the capital and will offer care to registered and non-registered patients from 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year. The […]
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Swine flu QoF negotiations ongoing
Agreement to suspend the Quality and Outcomes Framework because of the impact of swine flu cases looks likely to be left to individual primary care organisations (PCOs). The General Practitioner Committee has told GPs that it is urgently exploring the possibility of individual PCOs suspending elements of the GP contract, which is controlled by strategic health authorities […]
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CompuGroup expands in Italy
German health IT firm CompuGroup has continued its rapid growth with the purchase of Italian firm FimeSan SpA.
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Research backs QRISK
The QRISK formula for identifying patients most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease should replace the Framingham risk score in the UK, researchers recommend today. A study published in the BMJ compares the performance of the QRISK and Framingham scores for predicting 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in more than 1m UK patients. It found that, on every […]
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Wolverhampton supports Lean with SRC
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust is to roll out a digital dictation system to 500 users as part of plans to improve efficiency by eliminating waste from its patient pathways. The trust piloted the digital dictation and voice recognition system supplied by SRC in its diabetes department, before committing to the wider deployment. It found […]
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GE Healthcare links with ICW
GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company has signed a strategic agreement with German e-health specialist InterComponentWare (ICW). GE Healthcare will use ICW’s integration technology to develop the connectivity and integration capabilities of its Centricity products. "Connectivity is one of the biggest challenges in healthcare today and it directly impacts the quality and cost […]
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Lords: e-records essential for genomics
The government has been urged to place the development of a national electronic health record system at the top of its agenda to secure the full benefits of genomic medicine.
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QIPP focus for Yorks and Humber IT
More than 50% of GP practices in NHS Yorkshire and the Humber will be on TPP’s SystmOne by the end of the financial year. But delivery of the Lorenzo electronic patient record remains a significant risk, according to a board paper presented to the strategic health authority. IT plans outlined in the report to this month’s […]
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ISoft business wins
ISoft has announced it has done A$7m (€4m) worth of business in Australia and New Zealand. The company’s latest agreements include a state-wide roll out of iPM in Tasmania and a “strategic foothold” in the Council of Australian Governments’ GP super clinics national programme. IPM is already being installed in Tasmania’s public hospitals under a […]
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