NHS Alliance urges full record access for patients
The NHS Alliance is calling for patients to have electronic access to their full primary care record as part of its manifesto for a 21st century health service. The organisation, whose membership includes GP practices and PCTs, has published its proposals for reform of the health service in a new report, In Sickness and In […]
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ICW to use Cisco for Healthcare Connector
Germany’s InterComponentWare (ICW) has announced it will be using the Cisco Application eXtension Platform as part of its Healthcare Connector product. ICW describes Health Connector as the critical technological component for the high security communication of health data. Using Cisco’s Application eXtension Platform, applications can be installed directly on a Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR), […]
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DH publishes Cornish 60-year health history
The Department of Health has published a new study looking at the health history of a class of Cornish school children from 60 years ago to the present day on the NHS Choices website. It was commissioned as a way of commemorating the 60th anniversary of the NHS. Visitors to the multi-media web feature can […]
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Integrated children’s system failed to prove itself
The Integrated Children’s System, the electronic case record system for social care, has failed to prove itself fit for purpose according to an independent evaluation commissioned by the government but never published. Completed in May 2007, the report from the University of York states that the evaluation “raises serious reservations about the design and use […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 11.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 11 April 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions, events and awards. Supplier news SRC preferred supplier of East Midlands SHA SRC, specialists in healthcare digital dictation and speech recognition solutions, has been awarded preferred supplier status for the provision of digital dictation and speech recognition solutions […]
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OLM acquire Pavilion Publishing
Child and adult care specialist, OLM Group, has acquired care training publishers Pavilion Publishing. Pavilion will merge with OLM’s online publishing arm, E-Business, which publishes the websites Bettercaring.com and CareKnowledge.com, to create a new information and publishing company focused on the care sector. Pavilion specialises in social care publishing, professional training materials, specialist events and […]
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Norfolk and Norwich cuts sign-on in A+E
Norfolk and Norwich University Healthcare NHS Trust has implemented a new single sign-on framework, which will enable clinical users to log onto all software applications using one password. The trust will implement single sign-on software from Imprivata, to be installed by Enline, across its busy A&E department in an effort to reduce time spent on […]
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Atos Origin signs 5 year deal on German health card
Atos Origin has signed a new five-year contract with German health IT agency Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH (gematik) for the implementation of the directory service for the German electronic health card project. The firm will be responsible for the design and implementation of the Directory Service in the IT infrastructure and the deal […]
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Swindells quits DH ahead of review publication
The Department of Health’s interim chief information officer Matthew Swindells is to leave the department to take up a position with consultancy firm Tribal. The news comes ahead of publication of the Swindells review of NHS Informatics, which was expected to contain criticism of the overall strategic management of information in the NHS. A former […]
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Barts and The London deny CRS crash report
Barts and The London NHS Trust has denied reports in a tabloid newspaper alleging their new Cerner Millennium system crashed on its first day of operation. The project is the largest hospital go-live yet under the £12.4bn NHS IT programme. The Sun newspaper yesterday reported the new “computer scheme crashed on launch day…forcing doctors at […]
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