Target met for 60,000 new telecare users
Local authorities have achieved their target of enabling more than 60,000 new users to benefit from telecare in the last financial year using the first part of the two year Preventative Technology (PT) grant. Performance information on telecare from England’s 150 social care authorities compiled by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) show that […]
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Wait for early SCR results before rollout, says BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has told the Department of Health (DH) that it wants to see no further rollout of the Summary Care Record beyond the early adopter sites until the independent evaluation has been completed and ways forward agreed. It says it will advise doctors outside the early adopter primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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International spotlight on Wales’ health IT
Experts from around the world are to gather in Cardiff later this month for a conference focused on the development of health and information technology in Wales. The invitation-only conference, IAG 2007 on 20-21 September will be hosted by Informing Healthcare, the Welsh Assembly Government’s programme to improve patient care with the better use of information technology. […]
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Cegedim Rx pharmacy users get Spinal Tap
Integration specialist Quicksilva has announced that Cegedim Rx has installed its Spinal Tap software to enable pharmacies to communicate with the NHS Spine for the Electronic Prescriptions Service (EPS) project. Quicksilva says Spinal Tap will be hosted centrally and manage all upgrades which it says will reduce the amount of time and resources pharmacies spend […]
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NICE looks at pathways to electronic guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is looking at new ways of providing its guidance electronically – and wants clinicians’ help to get it right. NICE is currently recruiting users of its guidance to a virtual community providing feedback on its electronic guidance access project (EGAP). If a pilot programme running until […]
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UCLH deploys 18 week RTT solution
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a new system from LogicaCMG to support compliance with the government’s 18 week referral to treatment (RTT) objective. The trust wanted to be able to electronically track the progress of every patient referred to them to ensure that they were offered an appointment within 18 weeks, […]
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Wireless solutions simplify communication
Creative applications of wireless technology are simplifying communication within localised communities in Europe, reports Neil Versel from MedInfo 2007 in Brisbane, Australia. In a surgical ward at Horsens Hospital in Denmark, nobody wastes time anymore hunting for clinicians, technicians or even the cleaning crew, thanks to electronic RFID tracking of all key personnel. Pagers are […]
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BMA demands apology from Wales Audit Office
The British Medical Association in Wales has demanded an apology from the Wales Audit Office for suggesting GPs will take advantage of lax governance and commit fraud in their QOF returns. A furious Welsh GPC chairman, Dr David Bailey, has written in strong terms to the Welsh Auditor General, Jeremy Coleman, over the recent WAO […]
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Report highlights NPfIT’s ‘impressive milestones’
‘Impressive milestones in the implementation of the National Programme for IT’ have been highlighted as one of the major achievements in the NHS in the first quarter of 2007/08, in a report published today. The IT programme is one of a number of key issues pulled out and focused upon to demonstrate good progress made […]
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New system supports care equipment service
Ethitec’s ELMS2 system is being used to help modernise the community care equipment loans service across three West Country primary care trusts. Pluss, a non profit distributing company, which manages equipment loans for primary care trusts (PCTs) in North Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, is using ELMS2 to deal with outsourced Integrated Community Equipment Services […]
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