EMIS supplies white label software for pilot
GP system supplier, Emis is supporting a key part of Wales’ Informing Healthcare programme by providing the company’s software on a ‘white label’ basis for the first time. My Health Online – the new health website for Wales – is using software designed by Emis to facilitate the trial of new patient services such as […]
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Major trial of PHRs starts in Germany
Germany’s largest health insurance fund, Barmer, is working with InterComponentWare AG (ICW) on a three year research study looking at the benefits and acceptance of personal health records. Barmer will use ICW’s web-based LifeSensor technology to offer a personal health record to its seven million members at a cost of 23.80 Euros per individual per year, […]
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Interface issues delay Salisbury iPM deployment
Salisbury Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the ‘Southern Seven’ sites controlled by CSC, was forced to postpone deployment of its new iSoft iPM patient administration system, due to a printer problem which delayed the start-up of computers by up to two minutes. The trust was due to go live on the weekend of 10-11 November, […]
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Health records a target for ‘the wicked’
Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation at Connecting for Health has admitted to the Commons Home Affairs Committee that the NHS Care Records Service database is open to misuse by “the wicked”. Given evidence to the committee, as part of their inquiry into ‘A Surveillance Society’, Jeavons, who is also director of IT […]
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Revenue blunder is a lesson for public bodies
The Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of tight security and data protection in public sector bodies, following the security lapse at HM Revenue and Customs (HRMC) leading to the disappearance of discs containing the personal data of 25m people. Last night the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, confirmed that two computer discs holding the personal details […]
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EPRs support new clinic for spina bifida care
The Scottish Spina Bifida Association (SSBA) has completed a pilot study of a ‘one stop’ health check clinic, using AxSys’ Excellicare to store users’ electronic patient records. The clinic, which ran in a specially built family support centre based in the association’s headquarters, was piloted with 30 users aged under 25, who agreed or had parental consent […]
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Single info governance board plans unveiled
Full details of the cost and role of the new National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care were published this week following the introduction of the Health and Social Care Bill to the House of Commons. The bill confirms that the new board will have responsibility for the NHS Care Record Guarantee for […]
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Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs
Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of IT developments managed to attract more media attention than ever. But it was not all about cards: vendors of electronic patient records have turned surprisingly optimistic too. And there was a real rising star: the […]
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Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs
After one year of negotiations – faster than expected – more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a new standardised interface for electronic patient records (EPR). The agreement will make it easier for EPR-solutions of different vendors to share personal medical data. The new interface was being developed under the umbrella of the […]
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Losing patient data may become a crime
The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO has put forward proposals to the Ministry of Justice that will mean that it would be a criminal offence to “knowingly or recklessly” flout data protection rules […]
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