Access to NHS care records may be widened
The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies including private sector organisations.
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AOK Plus to use ICW telemedicine system
German health insurers AOK Plus has commissioned InterComponentWare to implement a telemedicine system to care for patients with serious chronic heart failure. The service will be offered to patients living in the German state of Saxony. The ICW Care and Disease Manager will be used as the basis of the system. The system has already […]
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GMC says patient confidentiality ‘is absolute’
Patient confidentiality is absolute; patients must give their consent before their data can be used, General Medical Council president, Sir Graeme Catto, said this week. Speaking at the BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group summer conference, Sir Graeme said the insistence on consent was a good thing and would foster the partnership approach with patients. […]
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Berkshire gets CfH help desk accreditation
HP Service Desk Berkshire Shared Services has gained Connecting for Health accreditation to enable it to handle IT-related technical problems over the two primary care trusts and 12 community hospitals it serves. The accreditation means that the group has been approved to manage incidents directly as opposed to clients having to contact the national service […]
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Europe aims for borderless electronic health records
The European Commission has launched two major e-health initiatives aimed at achieving interoperable e-health systems across Europe
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Wales opens new health informatics lab
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has opened a new state-of-the-art health informatics research laboratory at Swansea University, designed to help find innovative new ways of treating patients. The laboratory was officially opened by the Welsh health minister, Edwina Hart, at the Swansea University School of Medicine, last week and Informing Healthcare say it […]
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Asklepios rolls out video conferencing to all doctors
Asklepios is to install web-based videoconferencing equipment on the 13,000 PCs of all its medical doctors.
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NHS manager suspended after losing laptop
A senior hospital manager has been suspended after a laptop computer containing the unencrypted records of over 20,000 patients was stolen from his car whilst he was on holiday. The machine was stolen on 18 June from a car belonging to a manager from Colchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The car had been parked […]
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QoF to be re-focused on health promotion
Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on health promotion activity. Higher Quality Care for All: The NHS Next Stage Review states that the number of organisational and “process” indicators in the QoF will be reduced as part of plans to give GPs […]
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NHS Choices gets central role in future health
The DH’s flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in England.
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