Trust uses IT to help manage ‘superbugs’
IT which reduces infection control alert times from six hours to six seconds is being deployed to help in the battle against ‘superbugs’ at Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh NHS Trust in North-west England. A real-time bed management system, which is due to start as a live pilot at the end of May 2008, lies at the heart […]
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Six thousand practices switch to Systems of Choice
A total of 94% of eligible practices had switched to a GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract by the deadline of 31 March, according to Connecting for Health (CfH). The DH IT agency said over 6,000 practices were included in a call-off agreement which will mean funding for their clinical system will, as of 1 […]
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Free Choice Choose and Book update delayed
The latest update to the national Choose and Book system, containing the new tools required to support patient ‘Free Choice’ has been postponed. Free Choice is the flagship government policy that was introduced at the beginning of April. Without the updated Choose and Book software it will be difficult to fully deliver. Due to have […]
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NHS Choices partners with UK online centres
NHS Choices, the health information website, has partnered with UK online centres to help people without IT access or web surfing skills to view online health information. More than 300 UK online centres will form a network of NHS Choices Community Champions, led by a flagship centre in each region. Over the next 12 months, […]
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Markische Kliniken hospitals implement Orbis
The Märkische Kliniken hospital group, based in southern Germany, says it has integrated medical, nursing and administrative IT processes following the installation of the Agfa Orbis hospital information system (HIS) in its three main hospitals. The hospital group hopes that by switching to one HIS, they will be able to improve the quality of patient […]
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Most GP systems will require security upgrades
The majority of GP clinical IT systems will not meet the Department of Health’s new data security requirements for transfer and storage of patient data and PCTs will need to fund the costs of extra encryption, according to Connecting for Health. CfH’s programme director for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC), Kemi Adenubi, has written to […]
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Scotland and NI tender for patient management system
Scotland and Northern Ireland have issued a joint tender to purchase a patient management system, with rich clinical functionality, worth between £30-120m over four years. The tender in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) has been issued by Scotland’s Common Services Agency, and is seeks a vendor to provide a complete integrated patient […]
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Many practices still rate PBC data as poor
More than four out of ten practices still rate the quality of information they receive for practice-based commissioning as poor or very poor, according to the latest Deaprtment of Health survey. The findings from the latest quarterly survey conducted between January and March this year, show that GP practice satstisfaction with the quality of information […]
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Danish firm provides global PACS access
The new version of Medical Insight’s EasyViz. Danish firm Medical Insight has released a new version of its EasyViz product which provides remote access to electronic medical record (EMR) and diagnostic imaging systems. According to Medical Insight, the remote access product can provide entry to Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and EMR systems “from […]
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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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