Online access to patient information in Wales
Gateway technology is to be evaluated over the coming months to see if it can be used by NHS Wales to support patients’ online access to health services. The intention is to create online access to services such as repeat prescription requesting or appointment booking at GP practices, according to Informing Healthcare, Wales’ NHS IT […]
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George Eliot go live with iPM
The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has gone live with iSoft’s iPM patient administration system from local service provider Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The trust switched on the system on Monday 8 October after spending the weekend moving over from their previous legacy system. The system includes an Accident and Emergency module. CSC says the trust […]
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Mid Cheshire switch to Ascribe e-prescribing
Pharmacists at the Mid Cheshire NHS Hospitals Trust have started using a web-based e-pharmacy system from Ascribe to fully automate the department and integrate with existing systems. The system, called Web Pharmacy, connects information throughout the pharmacy department, between prescribing, pharmacy and administration processes, including stock management and finance. Ascribe’s executive chairman, Stephen Critchlow, told […]
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NHS budget to reach £110 billion by 2011
The NHS is to receive an increased budget from £90 billion this year to £110 billion by 2010-11, an increase of 4%, the Chancellor announced on Tuesday. The additional investment should help the service realise savings of around £8.2 billion by 2010–11 with new technology helping to contribute to this. A £100m innovation fund is […]
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Belgian hospital extends PACS to satellite locations
The Saint Luc Bouge Hospital in Belgium is extending its Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) and computed radiography (CR) systems from Carestream Health to serve three satellite locations in the Province of Namur for the first time. The 360-bed hospital has been using Carestream Health’s technology for seven years and wanted to extend the […]
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PCT commissioning data and IT suppliers named
Suppliers offering expertise in data analysis and IT solutions to support commissioning are included in the 14 organisations chosen by the Department of Health to provide PCTs with support. The DH last week announced the names of the suppliers it has selected for its Framework for procuring External Support for Commissioners (FESC). The framework is […]
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Microsoft launches HealthVault
Microsoft has launched a major personal health record initiative based on a secure website that allows users to store and share their health records using a free online service. The HealthVault portal allows users to store and share their medical histories, immunisation details, and data from monitoring devices such as glucose and cholestoral levels. A […]
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MTAS ‘rushed and poorly communicated’
The Department of Health has officially dropped the use of a national IT system in favour of locally-led recruitment for specialty training, following publication of the Tooke inquiry, which found the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) was “rushed and poorly communicated.” Health minister, Ben Bradshaw, confirmed the move yesterday, which will see deaneries take control […]
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Stoke Mandeville taps into spinal software
Staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be able to keep track of all records electronically, after the trust signed with IMS Maxims to implement its specialist Spinal Cord Injuries software. The software has been developed with the South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, where it has been live for over […]
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ScriptSwitch adds dressings and appliances
ScriptSwitch has added prescribing advice for GPs and nurses on issuing dressings and appliances to its prescribing decision-support software. The company says that dressing and appliances form a huge area for potential savings with 22m items issued last year, accounting for a net ingredient cost of £480m. The ability to make prescribing switches on dressings […]
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