Choose and Book gets upgraded
Atos Origin has announced that it has implemented the latest in a series of upgrades to the national NHS electronic booking systems known as Choose and Book system, being provided under the Connecting for Health programme. The upgrade announcement came in the same week that CfH said that over 3m appointments have been made through […]
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Online service launched for antenatal screening
A new web-based antenatal screening service has been launched to supplement screening available on the NHS. Genio, which offers antenatal screening for a wide range of conditions, was launched this month by Capex Health Services. Its directors believe that it is the first online service of its kind in the UK, but stress that they […]
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New site to help breastfeeding mothers
A new website featuring personal experiences of breastfeeding has been launched by academics at Bournemouth University. The website was launched last week to co-incide with National Breastfeeding Awareness Week. Dr Kath Ryan, a senior research fellow at Bournemouth told E-Health Insider: “The purpose of the website is to provide women with a place for them […]
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EC looks to mainstream telehealth
Members of the European Commission have said that they intend to set up an action plan to deal with the challenges of an ageing population and make telehealth more mainstream. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium earlier this year, three EC civil servants told the audience that the eHealth industry, had been allocated funds by […]
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Italy develops chronic disease tools
The Italian health service is aiming to make use of its IT to create an integrated tool to improve care for people with chronic conditions, a Ministry of Health official has announced. The ministry’s general director for information systems, Walter Bergamaschi told the recent World Health Congress in Barcelona that elderly people required a different mix […]
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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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