E-prescribing round table report
The acute sector can learn from primary care when it comes to deploying e-prescribing, a round table discussion has concluded. The round table, jointly organised by E-Health-Insider and the British Computer Society’s Health Informatics Forum, acknowledged that prescribing in hospitals and prescribing in primary care are very different. However, participants in the event, sponsored by […]
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Gematik approves first smartcard reader
The security specialist Hypercom is the first company to receive an approval for its smartcard reader by the German health IT organisation gematik. The announcement is very timely: the smartcard rollout is planned to start in October. The official schedule for the German rollout says that smartcard readers will be given to doctors in North-Rhine-Westphalia […]
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Help patients with NHS Number – NPSA
Primary care organisations that have stopped issuing medical record cards should reinstate the practice as a way of informing patients about the NHS Number. This is one of the points of a Safer Practice Notice issued by the National Patient Safety Agency, which requires all NHS organisations in England and Wales to use the NHS Number […]
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NHS Number Safer Practice Notice issued
The National Patient Safety Agency has urged all NHS organisations in England and Wales to use the NHS Number as a national, unique patient identifier to reduce errors caused by local numbering systems. The NPSA, together with NHS Connecting for Health in England and Informing Healthcare in Wales, has issued a Safer Practice Notice about […]
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New government funding for telecare
The government’s Technology Strategy Board has announced £11m funding for telehealth and telecare projects, to take the technology to the next level. The nine projects to be funded include two-way video conferencing for users and health professionals, using telehealth to promote well-being and integrating personalised digital TV into telehealth. Each project is being run by […]
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Dudley uses Soarian to identify infections
Nurses at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust are using the workflow engine embedded in Siemens’ Soarian electronic patient record system to rapidly identify and isolate patients with infections such as MRSA. Soarian interfaces with existing patient administration and departmental support systems. The workflow engine allows administrative and clinical processes to be synchronised across departments, […]
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Doctors say web improves clinical practice
Almost three in four doctors believe the internet has improved their clinical practice, according to a poll by a medical website. Doctors.net.uk www.doctors.net.uk carried out a survey of more than 700 doctors to mark its 10th anniversary this month. The poll found that 72% of doctors reported that the web has definitely improved their clinical […]
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TEN4Health improves cross-border cooperation
Representatives of the European Commission and of the European Parliament have highlighted the TEN4Health project as an example for improving cross-border healthcare services in Europe. Both citizens and hospitals are seen to benefit. The TEN4Health project brings together three health insurance companies and eleven hospitals from six EU Member States – Austria, Belgium, the Czech […]
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Independent CIOs round table report
Download the full report for free Independent sector providers need to position themselves to actively anticipate and influence future NHS technical developments and information governance arrangements rather than wait for decisions to be made without their input, leaders agreed at a round table discussion. The round table, facilitated by E-Health Insider and sponsored by IMS […]
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Health Informatics is a career for the future
A report on the future of health informatics as a career will be published by E-Health insider at its Healthcare IM&T Careers 2008 event in London next Wednesday (24 September). The report, sponsored by Elan Health, pulls together all the most up to date information about the future of the profession. Free copies will be available for […]
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