Primary care to complete NPfIT by 2010
Primary care will have delivered most of its part of the National Programme for IT by 2010, according to Connecting for Health’s joint GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle. Prof Pringle told a conference organised by IT system supplier TPP (The Phoenix Partnership) that NPfIT’s vision for primary care was on track while most of […]
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iSoft takeover in doubt as CSC witholds consent
The £140m takeover of UK health software supplier iSoft by Australian rival IBA Health has hit a major snag with iSoft’s main contractor Computer Sciences Corporation refusing to grant consent to the deal. IBA Health announced today that it has received a letter from CSC advising that it will not provide its consent for a change […]
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System C to provide CfH with deployment specialists
Health software and consultancy firm System C Healthcare has signed a major new contract to provide healthcare IT deployment specialists to the government’s NHS Connecting for Health agency. Under a framework contract with consultancy services specialist QI Consulting, System C will provide specialist support to NHS Connecting for Health’s central deployment support team, an arm […]
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Shared records aid cuts in outpatient visits
Electronic consultations by secondary care clinicians with access to shared care records can save up to 70% of outpatient appointments, a conference heard this week. Dr Richard Pope, consultant diabetologist and medical director at Airedale NHS Trust, told a conference run by primary care IT supplier TPP that e-consultations had the potential to transform care, […]
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Paper records a ‘direct factor’ in patient’s death
An independent inquiry into the death of a patient seen by eight different doctors over a bank holiday weekend has concluded that the paper-based system of record keeping used by the out-of-hours service was a direct factor in the patient’s death. Penny Campbell, a journalist, died after a series of doctors from the Camidoc out-of-hours […]
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ScriptSwitch acquired by Isis for almost £10m
Prescribing advice specialists ScriptSwitch has been acquired by Isis Equity Partners in a deal worth almost £10m. The Coventry based firm provides medicines management software to primary care trusts. ScriptSwitch’s managing director, Mike Washburn, said: “ScriptSwitch is a unique prescribing tool that has created its own market opportunity. We are well poised for growth and […]
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Delays continue on NPfIT local ownership programme
A review is underway to establish new priorities and additional requirements for the NHS National Programme for IT Local Ownership Programme (NLOP) with the results due to be reported to the NHS Management Board in June, E-Health Insider has learned. The review – known as the Butler Review – is being carried out to identify […]
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Cardiac telemedicine could save NHS £46m says report
A pilot of cardiac telemedicine services in Cumbria and Lancashire has concluded that if introduced nationally the technology could save 100s of lives, lead to 45,000 fewer hospital admissions and save the NHS around £46m. In a pilot lasting 18 months, NHS North West, in collaboration with the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Cardiac Network […]
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HL7 UK to hold NHS systems interoperability seminars
HL7 UK, the promoter of healthcare interoperability standards, have announced they are to hold a series of free one-day seminars across June and July in Birmingham, York and London to promote healthcare systems interoperability. The events are aimed at NHS IT professionals and are designed to communicate the capabilities and best practice for the sharing […]
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£12m awarded to three home telecare sites
Teams in Kent, Newham and Cornwall have been awarded £12m to look at how best home telecare can be implemented. The areas will form the Whole System Demonstrator pilots promised by the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, and will be the biggest ever pilot of telecare and telehealth in the UK , […]
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