CfH jigsaw still ‘missing pieces’
The NHS IT programme is a jigsaw “still missing pieces” that need “to be found and put in place”.
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Burnham wants ‘health service fit for the digital age’
New health secretary Andy Burnham has said that despite the NHS’ coming financial problems, he still wants to see a health service fit for the digital age. Speaking at the NHS Confederation conference in Liverpool this morning, Burnham insisted that the NHS still had space to focus on reshaping its services focus on quality and […]
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Canada hit by e-health scandal
The agency responsible for ehealth in Ontario has become the centre of a scandal involving uncompetitive contract awards, massive consultancy fees and posh biscuits. The agency in question, eHealth Ontario, is reported to have forked out nearly €3.2m (CAD $5m) in contracts without any apparent attempt to open up the deals to outside bidders, according […]
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Second Life to show Confed sessions
Members of Second Life will be able to view sessions from the annual NHS Confederation conference live online tomorrow. For the first time, three key sessions from the conference will be accessible to members of the public through the virtual world’s website. The free screening is being provided by the NHS Confederation and Imperial College […]
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NIGB says don’t delete information
Information should never be completely removed from an electronic patient record, according to new draft guidance. The National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has drawn up guidance on amending medical and social care records and launched a 12 week public consultation on its recommendations. The guidance looks at what should happen when […]
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Critical Care data debuts on iPhone
On Monday Apple showcased a third party app that allows doctors to monitor patients’ vital signs remotely. The iPhone application allows real-time heart rate, temperature, blood pressure and other data to be transmitted from patient monitors to a doctors’ iPhone. The Critical Care application was demonstrated at Apple’s annual developers conference in San Francisco as […]
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Confed: future ‘unprecedentedly difficult’
The NHS Confederation has warned that the health service is facing a £15 billion shortfall from 2010-11 and changed ways of working will be needed to cope.
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US Hospital IT set to hit €5 billion
The value of the US hospital IT market is predicted to hit €5 billion annually within the next five years. A new report, from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s research arm, predicts that US hospitals will spend about €3.7 ($4.7) billion on health IT this year, rising to €5 ($6.8) billion by 2014. […]
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Hope: first EPS R2 site this summer
The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to begin this summer, according to the Department of Health. Care services minister Phil Hope told MPs in response to a parliamentary question that one GP system and one pharmacy system are completing the final stages of clinical safety testing. […]
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Bluetooth chosen as Continua standard
Continua Health Alliance has selected Bluetooth wireless technology as a key standard for its next set of design guidelines.
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