‘No alternative’ to MTAS system likely for 2008
Remedy UK, the group set up in the wake of the junior doctors’ job crisis earlier this year, has called for a return to a paper-based, local system for the 2008 round of recruitment to training posts. But the BMA has warned that there may be no alternative but to use the widely discredited MTAS […]
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Jersey prepares way to integrated records
Jersey Health and Social Services have chosen InterSystem’s Caché and Ensemble software to make systems integration and reporting processes faster. The department was forced to review its infrastructure after its existing 20-year-old legacy system was becoming obsolete and no longer able to meet hospital requirements. Jersey’s risk manager, Paul Patterson, told E-Health Europe: “Our existing […]
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EMIS achieves ISO 20000 for IT services
UK GP systems supplier EMIS has been awarded the International Standard ISO 20000 for best practice in IT service management. Achieving ISO 20000 is a requirement for the hosting of systems within Connecting for Health’s GP Systems of Choice initiative, which allows practices to chose between different accredited suppliers. The international standard covers the provision, […]
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Southampton deploys Aruba wireless network
Southampton University Hospital Trust staff will soon be able to communicate with each other using Star Trek style badges, after the trust deployed a new wireless network from Aruba. The trust wanted a wireless trust that would “leverage a lot more out of our existing systems and benefit both patients and staff,” Ryan Hewitt, senior network […]
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Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record
Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The Health Committee has heavily criticised both the Department of Health and Connecting for Health for confusion about what will be included in the SCR and what the record will be used for. In their enquiry […]
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Gloucestershire adopts MSoft’s blood tracking
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented MSoft’s blood tracking solution to provide tracking and accountability for all transfusions. The first phase of the project, code named ‘Bloodhound’ by the trust, has already gone live in the haematology and oncology units serving both Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The system interfaces with the trust’s […]
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Salzburg hospitals implement Agfa
The main hospital group in the Salzburg region of Austria, Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), has implemented a new Hospital Information System (HIS) and a new Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), both supplied by Agfa Healthcare. Agfa has provided the hospital group with its Orbis HIS and Impax PACS solutions. Following 18 months of preparatory work, […]
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CfH pushing for data standard in GP contract
Connecting for Health wants data standards for GPs to be included in the nGMS contract from next year. Negotiations on revisions to the contract for 2008 have begun and CfH has asked the Department of Health and NHS Employers to include data standards into any revised agreement. GPs can currently be rewarded for meeting data […]
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MPs say EPRs essential but delivery in doubt
Electronic patient record systems are vital to the future of healthcare in England, but there remain big questions and concerns…
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NHS ICT spend set to hit £2.9bn
The total spend on Information and Communications Technology in the NHS is set to hit £2.9bn in 2007/8 according to figures contained in a new report on NHS investment for the King’s Fund. Our Future Health Secured, authored by ex-NatWest boss Sir Derek Wanless, states that ICT spending in the NHS, combining both local and […]
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