Centre Hospitalier installs MediVista
Click to enlarge France’s Centre Hospitalier de la Region d’Annecy has installed an advanced bedside communications and entertainment system supplied by Ireland-based Lincor Solutions. The MediVista system enables both patient bedside entertainment and provides authorised hospital staff with access to clinical data. The new system has been implemented across all 620 beds at Centre Hospitalier […]
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European Commission consults on Web 3.0
The European Commission has launched a consultation on how to make sure Europe leads on the next generation of the internet. In its new consultation document the Commission outlined the main steps required to respond to the next wave of the information revolution, resulting from trends such as social networking, the decisive shift to online […]
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Trust ditches 0844 number
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has ditched a recently introduced 0844 number following complaints that it could leave vulnerable patients out of pocket. The trust introduced the 0844 number as a single contact for Glenfield, Leicester General and the Royal Infirmary hospitals, early in September. It opted not to make revenue from the number; […]
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Nicholson highlights GP data risks
The Information Commissioner has identified GPs as a data security risk, according to David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS. Nicholson has written to NHS chief executives, asking them to check that their organisations are encrypting removable data and re-emphasising that information risk management should be high on their agendas. In the letter, Nicholson also […]
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GP practices score highly on QoF
GP practices have increased their achievements on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, with an average score of 96.8% in England and 98.2% in Scotland in 2007/8. The figures published in England and Scotland today show that practices in England achieved an average of 968 points, 96.8% of the 1000 points available, compared with an average […]
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One in five could object to SUS data use
One in five people in England may have objections to proposals for the Secondary Uses Service because of moral and ethical concerns over the use of their data, Catholic bishops have warned. The Catholics Bishops Conference says that the proposed consent model for the SUS, which means patients would not give explicit consent for their […]
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EHTEL and EuroRec symposium
The focus of e-health is shifting from connecting systems to connecting people, a symposium ahead of this year’s World of Health IT conference will be told.
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UK group urges rethink on drug advertising
An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans to change the rules on the information that drug companies can provide to patients. Spearheaded by consumer lobbyist Which?, the group has sent a letter to the Commission asking it to reconsider its plans to […]
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Ascribe acquires WCI Healthcare
UK Healthcare IT software specialist Ascribe Group Plc has acquired WCI Consulting Ltd’s healthcare division. The purchase of the consultancy will bolster Ascribe’s implementation capabilities, enabling it to offer NHS trusts its range of specialist clinical software systems, together with associated implementation and business change consultancy. Stephen Critchlow, executive chairman of Ascribe, said the deal would enable […]
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Nicholson reinforces encryption message
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has asked NHS chief executives to check that their organisations are encrypting all removable data. In a letter to the NHS, Mr Nicholson asks chief executives to “conduct a review to ensure your organisation has fully implemented the policy that all removable data must be encrypted” and that it is […]
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