Independent pharmacists urged to upgrade for EPS
Connecting for Health is urging individual pharmacists to upgrade their systems for release one of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) as soon as possible because of concerns they could be left behind by the major pharmacy retailers. So far about 42% of pharmacies have been enabled for release one of EPS but CfH says it […]
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Hopes for GP2GP completion by end of 2008
Connecting for Health hopes to rollout its GP2GP record transfer project to every practice in England by the end of next year, according to GP representatives. The British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee told local medical committees this week that the current plan is for every practice in England to be able to send and […]
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PACS rollout to be completed by 2008
All hospitals in England will receive new Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) by 2008, the Department of Health has announced. The announcement yesterday (21 May) kicked off a week-long promotion campaign for technology in the NHS in which health ministers will be showcasing and promoting the benefits of using “cutting edge technology” in trusts […]
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BMA chairman resigns over MTAS affair
The chairman of the British Medical Association, James Johnson, resigned from his position last night following criticism of his handling of the BMA’s response to the botched Medical Training Application System (MTAS). Mr Johnson fell on his sword after coming under intense criticism within the BMA following the publication of a letter in the Times newspaper […]
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Government backs pharmacist access to EPR
The government has backed plans for pharmacists to be allowed access to electronic patient records but says the public will be consulted on consent and confidentiality issues. Caroline Flint, health minister, told MPs in a Parliamentary written reply last week that the government believed pharmacists would need access to patient records to enable them to […]
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NOC still having Millennium problems 18 months on
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) NHS Trust has told E-Health Insider that a year and a half after going live with the Cerner Millennium Release Zero (R0) patient administration system, the system ‘is still presenting problems’ including the system not being Choose and Book compliant. In board papers seen by EHI, the Oxford trust says that […]
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Diabetic patients pilot new shared health records
Diabetic patients in Carmarthenshire, Wales are piloting new electronic health records which will share all information about their care and check-ups by GPs and specialists. Informing Healthcare, the Welsh Assembly Government programme for NHS IT, has created the shared electronic diabetes record to bring all the patient’s information together so that the whole treatment history […]
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Basildon and Thurrock installs ViewPortal Healthcare
The Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is using a new electronic document management system called ViewPortal Healthcare from SpectrumITech to store paper documents electronically and make them available to staff. The trust required an electronic document management (EDM) system that would help them electronically store burgeoning paper archives and make the most […]
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NAO says information vital to cutting prescribing costs
A National Audit Office study has found that the NHS could save £200m a year by GPs prescribing drugs fewer branded drugs and instead using generics. It concludes that better information is a vital factor to help GPs analyse their knowledge and keep their knowledge up to date. The report says that £200m a year […]
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Suffolk trusts deploy VoIP over N3 network
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and Suffolk Primary Care Trust have deployed a new voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system to be used with a new Cisco unified communications system provided by Cisilion. The new integrated network will operate across the NHS N3 network – the NHS’s private network – linking 200 hospitals, clinics and […]
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