Carestream boost European presence
Carestream Health have signed five deals covering five countries for its Carestream Picture Archiving and Communications System and Radiology Information System.
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Barnet and Chase Farm switch on Cerner
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first London hospital to go live with Cerner Millennium as part of the multi-billion pound NHS IT programme.
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New guidance on information disclosure to PCTs
The British Medical Association has issued new guidance to GPs on confidentiality and disclosure of information to primary care trusts. The guidance sets out the general principles governing disclosure of information to PCTs for secondary uses and when GPs need to obtain explicit or implied consent. Examples of disclosure required by PCTs include financial audit […]
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GP e-records show rise in patient visits
Computer records from GP systems have shown that patients are using their GP practices more for help when they are unwell than was the case a decade ago. Using electronic records to identify patient visit numbers, the Information Centre for health and social care have estimated that the number of consultations at family practices in […]
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Time runs out on IBA Health bid
Australia’s IBA Health appears to have given up hopes of purchasing iSoft after it announced would not be proceeding with its AU $54.5m conditional placement after being outbid. IBA had seemed poised to take control of iSoft Group Plc with a £140m bid, which had been accepted by the iSoft board and shareholders, but in […]
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New Read codes for hospital choice
GP practices have been advised to start using new Read codes to record choice of hospital as soon as possible in order to qualify for incentive scheme payments this year. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee has written to local medical committees to highlight the new Read codes which are expected to be used […]
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Malta awards Euros 15.8m health IT contract
The Maltese Government has awarded US Affiliated Computer Services, Inc a seven-year, Euros 15.8m ($21m) contract to provide modern health information systems. The new agreement is the first phase of the Maltese Government’s Integrated Health Information System (IHIS), which aims to improve the management of healthcare records. ACS will provide the hardware, software, and expertise […]
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Altnagelvin hospital system crashes
Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry, Northern Ireland was left unable to make bookings for 48 hours last week due to ‘a combination of hardware and software problems’ with their iSoft patient administration system (PAS). The system could not access the appointments database to make bookings for two days – Wednesday and Thursday – last week, staff […]
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Wales to launch electronic sick notes
The Department of Work and Pensions in Wales is to launch a trial of electronic sick notes in GP practices. The DWP told EHI Primary Care that its plan was for GP practices in south Wales to take part in the pilot of electronic versions of the Med 3 form although at the moment there […]
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NHS 24 struggles to cope with rise in calls
NHS 24, Scotland’s national health information phoneline, is struggling to cope with a rise in phone calls from patients. The helpline revealed in its annual review that it had taken calls from almost 1.5m people in the last year, but had answered less calls within its 30 seconds target than the previous year. In its […]
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