Home Office consults on data access plans
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has indicated that there will be a further round of public consultation on controversial plans to extend public bodies’ access to communications logs. The UK Home Office is already consulting on how to “transpose” a European Union directive on retaining data generated by public communications networks into UK law. This consultation […]
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GPs say lack of discharge data puts patients at risk
One in four GPs has seen patient safety put at risk in the past six months because hospitals have failed to provide adequate discharge summaries, according to the NHS Alliance. The Alliance says the results of its third annual survey on patient discharge information were particularly disapppointing since a new NHS Standard Contract was introduced […]
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‘Live Eight’ with Fujitsu until mid-2009
NHS trusts in the South of England may find themselves reliant on Fujitsu to provide key systems a full year after the firm’s NHS contract was ended.
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Health check highlights record keeping issues
The Healthcare Commission has once again identified record keeping as one of the weakest areas of NHS performance in its annual health check. CO9, which requires organisations to have a “systematic and planned approach to the management of records”, is identified as one of the core standards with the lowest rates of compliance in the […]
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Silent Assassin in Second Life
Diabetes UK poster ad in the virtual world of Second Life Diabetes UK has taken its Silent Assassin campaign into Second Life. Virtual posters have been put up around the 3D virtual world to inform its 15 million “residents” about the campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of how diabetes can cause a range of […]
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Swindon deploys JAC e-prescribing module
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust has implemented a JAC e-prescribing module alongside its existing pharmacy module, allowing it to manage its formulary and prescribing policies centrally. The trust has introduced JAC’s Outpatient e-Prescribing Module to 27 clinic rooms and around 80 prescribing users, following a short pilot. It is hoping that all outpatient prescribing will […]
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CME credits available for WoHIT
The organisers of November’s World of Health IT conference and exhibition have said that clinicians attending the event will be able to claim Continuing Medical Education (CME). Continuing education credits has been made possible by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists. Under the […]
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Misys completes merger with Allscripts
British software firm Misys has completed its merger with US health software firm Allscripts to create Allscripts-Misys. The company will retain the Allscripts brand name.
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Two Swedish hospitals choose Sectra PACS
Sectra has signed a five-year contract with Region Skåne regarding a digital solution for managing and archiving radiology images (PACS).
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Bristol uses IT to underpin foundation status
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has chosen CACI’s InView data warehouse and reporting system to underpin its transition to foundation status. The new system will allow the trust to improve data quality and support 18 week pathways, Payment by Results, performance monitoring and other information demands. InView is a web-based solution that utilises Microsoft […]
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