North Cumbria goes live with Ascribe
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced a multi-site go live of Ascribe’s hospital pharmacy and management systems. The trust chose Ascribe’s latest web pharmacy system in June last year. It wanted to replace its old pharmacy system, which could not provide the detailed patient medication records that it wanted for its three dispensaries […]
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North East Essex runs pilot with Tunstall
NHS North East Essex has announced that it plans to install 40 telehealth units by September in a pilot project with telehealth equipment supplier Tunstall. The primary care trust hopes the units will reduce emergency hospital admissions and improve the quality of life of patients with long term conditions. The pilot will involve patients with […]
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Philips healthcare catches cold
Dutch consumer and health electronics giant Philips has reported a fourth quarter loss of €1.47bn (£1.4bn) and will cut 6,000 jobs. The company said the downturn has now reached the healthcare sector, particularly the key US market. Despite a 9% growth in sales the healthcare business was hit by a weak US hospital market and […]
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CfH on the brink of new deals with CSC and BT
NHS Connecting for Health is on the brink of signing new renegotiated deals with its two main remaining contractors, Computer Sciences Corporation and BT.
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INPS warns of possible QoF problems
Around 20% of GP practices in the UK may have errors in their end of year returns for the Quality and Outcomes Framework because of a fault in their INPS system, it has emerged. INPS issued a fix for the fault on Thursday and has advised all practices to run a new QoF report. It […]
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GPs should be paid for hosted systems
GP practices using a hosted system that has yet to receive NHS Connecting for Health approval should still be awarded the IT incentive payment for using a hosted system, CfH has said. The IT agency has told primary care trusts to use their discretion and pay component four of the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES) to practices using […]
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King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by NCR. The touch-screen kiosks are designed to simplify checking-in and out procedures for patients. A total of 50 MediKiosks will initially be deployed this autumn in the London hospital’s dermatology, haematology, orthopedics, urology and general […]
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ICN Teleworking Network unveiled
The International Council of Nurses announced the launch of the ICN Telenursing Network during a keynote address at the Med-e-Tel Conference in Luxembourg. The address by Claudia Bartz from the ICN described how members of the new network will collaborate with the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth Telenursing Working Group and other industry organisations. […]
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New York opens-up records with Microsoft
Microsoft has launched the latest version of its Amalga data aggregation platform, which includes connectivity to its HealthVault personal health records platform. The company has also announced that one of America’s most prominent hospitals will be using both technologies to open up its records, tests and other health information to patients. New York Presbyterian Hospital […]
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Team of GPs to review QoF indicators
A team of GP academics and the Royal College of General Practitioners have been appointed to lead an overhaul of Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators. The Department of Health announced in March that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence was to take over the development of the QoF indicators, despite objections from GPs […]
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