One in ten EPS pharmacies scanning all barcodes
Only 11% of pharmacies enabled for the Electronic Prescription Service are scanning every barcode prescription with problems including slow download speeds, the barcodes themselves being too faint to scan and slow log-in times, according to a survey. A total of 365 pharmacies took part in a survey, carried out jointly by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating […]
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French researchers develop symbols for drug info
A new icon system has been developed by researchers in France to enable practitioners to identify drug information using medical symbols. One use of the new drug icon system is for inclusion in electronic prescribing and medicines management software. The system uses a graphical language for medical knowledge visualisation called VCM (Visualisation des Connaissances Médicales), […]
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Six trusts win awards for safety and quality
Healthcare intelligence specialists CHKS Group has presented six NHS trusts across Great Britain with awards recognising outstanding achievement in patient safety, quality of care and data quality. Four trusts across Britain were awarded for excellence in clinical coding – East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust for England, NHS Tayside for Scotland, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust […]
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Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records
A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom are using electronic patient records. The survey, which involved almost 7,000 General Practitioners, was carried out in late 2007. It examines issues including how European GPs store and send patients’ data such as lab reports […]
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IT heads gather in Greifswald for ALKRZ
Increasing numbers of university hospitals in Germany are using shared IT systems for biomedical research. Greifswald university hospital, where the servers for two multicentre studies are located, is a key site. At Greifswald last week, the heads of information technology for 24 German university hospitals gathered for the ALKRZ conference, a meeting that takes place […]
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NHS chief execs may be accountable for data loss
The Information Commissioner has backed proposals by cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell to hold senior Whitehall figures and NHS chief executives personally responsible if their department or trust loses or mishandles personal information. Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London last Tuesday, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said he has seen a draft of O’Donnell’s report […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier news Sussex HIS use new e-learning for staff training Sussex Health Information Service (HIS) is using e-learning training services from ILX Group to make significant savings and enhancing training provision for its 400 staff. The […]
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Victoria suffers Cerner and iSoft delays
A large-scale Australian health IT project, using the same two key software suppliers as the NHS IT programme, is two years late, having been launched four years ago. An independent review says the project will not be completed by the planned 2009 deadline, which had already been pushed back from an original 2007 deadline. The […]
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NEC to provide methadone dispensers to prisons
NEC UK has signed a five-year framework agreement with the Department of Health to provide biometric-based Computer Controlled Methadone Dispensing System (CCMDS) to prisons in England. The agreement will see NEC deliver CCMDS to up to 100 prisons in England and provide ongoing technical support and consultancy for five years. CCMDS will use a combination […]
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Southern trusts hit by CRS failure
The Millennium NHS Care Records System application, meant to become the critical clinical system used by NHS staff across Southern England, went down and stayed down for an hour Thursday morning, 24 April in three out of the eight trusts where it has been installed. Though currently limited to patient administration tasks later versions of […]
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