SNOMED CT-based sensitivity now on Multilex DDF
Clinical decision support specialist, First DataBank Europe (FDBE), has announced the release of SNOMED CT-based sensitivity checking within its drug knowledge base, the Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF). The release follows on from a development last year when FDBE released functionality to support SNOMED CT and dm+d based sensitivity checking to comply with NHS […]
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Granger says NPfIT programme substantially delivered
Richard Granger, the chief executive of Connecting for Health, today said that the NHS IT project has been substantially delivered with key component programmes now nearing completion, though 90% of acute trusts have yet to get new systems. In a key development he said that live trials of the patient summary care record would begin ‘within days’, the […]
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Data payments announced for Scottish pharmacists
Community pharmacists in Scotland are to receive payments for ensuring the data quality of their patient records ahead of the introduction of electronic transfer of prescriptions. The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) has released details of phase one of the Contract Preparation Payments (CPP) which focuses on ensuring patient medication records are accurate and up-to-date. […]
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RoboBraille translation piloted across Europe
RoboBraille, a Danish Braille and speech translation service, funded by the European Commission, has begun its EU market validation tests in six different countries. The RoboBraille project offers a tool that automates the translation of text into Braille and speech. Users submit documents as attachments to e-mails. In return, they receive contracted Braille documents or […]
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Poll finds 80 percent want hospital ‘scorecards’ online
An opinion poll commissioned by ‘think tank’ Policy Exchange has found that almost 80% of patients would like more information on how their NHS hospital performs available on the internet. The poll of 1000 patients found that almost a third of people do not know how to find data about how their local NHS services […]
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Imprivata puts in single sign-on smartcards at 11 trusts
Authentication and access management specialist Imprivata has signed up 11 trusts to use its new NHS OneSign, providing single sign on for all trust applications, after joining forces with Connecting for Health’s smartcard provider, Gemalto and smartcard software developer Intercede. Imprivata has added its single sign-on technology to CfH’s existing smartcard technology and spent six months […]
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Bury PCT becomes second site for summary care records
More than 20 GP practices from Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) have become the second early adopter site for the Summary Care Record (SCR) as Connecting for Health (CfH) prepares to upload the first SCRs to the spine over the next few weeks. A total of 23 out of 32 practices in Bury, covering 73 […]
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PCT uses iPlato for children’s jabs reminders
A South London PCT has used the iPlato text messaging system to remind parents that their child requires a booster vaccination. Lewisham PCT wanted to improve patient compliance to the childhood immunisation schedule and so used the iPlato Patient Care Messaging (PCM) system to start a text message campaign reminding parents that their child is […]
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Local authorities offered support on telecare
Local authorities are being offered support to ensure they meet their targets for spending on telecare projects. The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), part of the Department of Health’s care services directorate, says the national target linked to the two year £80 million Preventative Technology Grant (PT) from central government was for 60,000 additional telecare […]
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Resarchers underline need for access to records
Leading researchers have appealed to Connecting for Health to put in place better communication methods so that patients understand why and how their medical data could be used for clinical research. Addressing the Commons Health Select Committee, Professor Simon Wessely of Academy of Medical Sciences, Mark Walport of the Wellcome Trust and Professor Carol Dezateux […]
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