Thumbs up for ECDL in Wales
Health service staff believe basic IT skills training has improved the quality of care they give to patients, according to new research. The Welsh IT agency Informing Healthcare quizzed more than 1,600 NHS Wales staff who completed training for the European Computer Driving Licence. Just over one in four (26.5%) had clinical contact with patients […]
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Trust loads C+B referrals manually
An NHS acute trust has been using staff to manually upload paper referrals to boost its Choose and Book performance against government targets. A report to the board of NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly says: “Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has been uploading paper referrals to the Choose and Book system to improve performance.” […]
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Work stops again on ContactPoint
The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been suspended after local authority staff discovered loopholes in the system designed to protect the most vulnerable young people. The Department of Children, Schools and Families said it had “paused” the flow of data into ContactPoint from sources such as the child benefit database after local […]
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McKesson set for UK hospital return
McKesson, the number two supplier of NHS patient administration systems, is weighing a return to the English hospital market – a sector it had been due to finally quit by March 2010.
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Connelly to open HC2009 in Harrogate
The British Computer Society has confirmed Christine Connelly and Martin Bellamy as key speakers at its HC2009 event. Christine Connelly, chief information officer for health, will be opening the three day event, which takes place 28-30 April in Harrogate. Connelly is expected to address health informatics in a broad sense, including how it affects policy […]
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Database mooted for healthcare professionals
The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the fitness to practice of all healthcare professionals in the UK. The database would hold information on concerns about the performance, conduct and health of healthcare professionals and will be considered as part of a scoping […]
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Asklepios signs RIS deal with medavis
Asklepios, Germany’s largest chain of private clinics, has singed a deal with radiology information system specialist medavis GmbH, to equip six Asklepios clinics in Hamburg with medavis’ radiology information system. The switch to medavis RIS as the central radiology information system for the six Hamburg clinics will be carried out as part of the private […]
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NHS Camden rapped by ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against NHS Camden for breaching the Data Protection Act. The ICO has served the primary care trust with an enforcement notice for failing to dispose of a number of computers properly. Redundant, unencrypted computers holding the names, addresses and medical diagnoses of 2,500 individuals were left beside […]
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Rotherham picks Meditech for EPR
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to US clinical software supplier Meditech to provide it with a new electronic patient record system.
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Panasonic launches new Mobile Clinical Assistant
Panasonic has launched the latest version of its Mobile Clinical Assistant, a rugged tablet-style wireless handheld computer specifically designed for use by clinicians.
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