Fast followers to lead SCR roll out
Seventeen primary care trusts are due to begin implementing the Summary Care Record before 1 April as part of a ‘fast follower’ group that will lead the national roll-out of the SCR.
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HL7 releases child health EHR standard
Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic health record (EHR) system. The HL7 child health functional profile for EHR systems, builds on the HL7 EHR system functional model. It is the first for children approved by […]
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Prison health records on lost memory stick
An NHS worker lost a memory stick with the password attached containing patient information on over 6,000 prisoners. Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust said personal details of more than 6,000 prisoners were carried on the USB memory stick, lost on 30 December. The stick was being used to back up clinical databases at Her Majesty’s Prison Preston. The stick carried […]
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Web coaching helps weight management, says study
Counselling via the phone and internet are better methods for helping people reduce their weight than simply giving them self-help literature, a Dutch study suggests. The project compared counselling via phone and e-mail with the standard practice of issuing self-help literature in approximately 1400 workers as an aid to weight management. The study, reported in […]
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NHSmail migration delayed by a week
NHSmail’s migration to the Microsoft Exchange platform has been delayed by a week. The first live user accounts were due to move off the Mirapoint platform this weekend, but migration will now start on the weekend of 16 January. Will Moss, programme head of NHSmail, told E-Health Insider that the decision to defer the start […]
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Antwerp selects Agfa for cardiovascular imaging
The University of Antwerp Hospital has awarded a contract with Agfa to provide it with enhanced cardiovascular diagnostic imaging and reporting. Agfa HealthCare will install its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution, providing enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department. The deal is for eight-years and includes maintenance and […]
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Sheffield’s BigHand for digital dictation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a digital dictation system to cover 1,000 users across five hospitals on two campuses. The implementation of the BigHand digital dictation workflow system may be one of the biggest roll outs of digital dictation technology in the NHS, and the company claims it has allowed the trust […]
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OLPC has potential for health
Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used to deliver health education and healthcare, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Library of Medicine in the US looked at how the laptops could be used in medical settings and concluded that […]
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German e-tendering for health launched
Three German procurement associations have banded together to launch a new e-tendering system called ‘eVergabe’, which has been developed by the Hessian software provider Healy Hudson. Like many other public authorities, hospitals often have to carry out European wide tenders. Furthermore, they have to operate increasingly economically without letting the quality of their work suffer. […]
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Hart green-lights major Welsh projects
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has approved the outline business case for the roll out of the Individual Health Record across Wales.
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