North Mersey use MSoft for blood tracking
North Mersey Health Informatics Service has chosen the MSoft blood tracking solution to help them meet compliance with European Commission directives for blood audits. Using the MSoft tracking system, blood samples are taken and stored in 17 transfusion fridges across five trusts – the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Aintree University Hospitals […]
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Ten new CBT pilots will include online therapy
Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has announced that the government is investing £2m on a further ten pathfinder projects into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which will include computerised therapy for patient suffering from anxiety and depression. Hewitt announced the extension of the pilot schemes at the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies conference in London yesterday and the […]
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‘Sealed envelopes’ on hold as policy debate continues
Local service providers (LSPs) are unable to deploy sealed envelope functionality because a clear specification looking at how the policy should work is not yet available, the Commons Health Select Committee heard today. Computer Science Corporation’s president of the Europe Group, Guy Hains told the committee that the LSP to the North-west and West Midlands, […]
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NHS Direct launch interactive videos on Sky
NHS Direct are launching new ‘life education’ videos on their Sky Digital interactive service tackling issues including anger management and sex education. The service will be available to almost nine million viewers and will be added to the existing 3000 pages of information on 500 health topics available to viewers by pushing the red button. […]
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CfH accredits NetTransform XML conversion system
Business intelligence specialist, Ardentia, has received accreditation from Connecting for Health for its data transmission system, NetTransform. The company claims to be the first to gain accreditation for its eXtensible Markup Language (XML) conversion system, which will be used to transmit data into the National Programme for IT national Secondary Uses Service (SUS) database. NetTransform is […]
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Information Commissioner to investigate MTAS leak
The Information Commissioner has told the Liberal Democrat’s health spokesperson, Norman Lamb that he will be launching an immediate investigation into the leak of applicant’s details on the Medical Training and Application Service website, E-Health Insider has learned. Two weeks ago, Channel 4 News reported that they were able to log onto the MTAS website […]
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McKesson buys Supporta Payroll Services
Healthcare IT systems specialist McKesson, has acquired Supporta Payroll Services in a deal that will allow the company to provide bureau services to new and existing clients to complement its existing HR and payroll capabilities. The new unit, to be known as McKesson HR and Payroll Solutions will build upon the existing shared NHS customer base using […]
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UKCHIP signs 1000th member
The UK Council for Health Informatics Professions has signed up its 1000th member – Michelle Walrond, an IT manager for the Parkbury House Surgery in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Walrond has been working as an IT manager for over two years at the surgery and felt that the time was right to join UKCHIP – the […]
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Duplicate records created after Manchester iPM upgrade
A problem in a software upgrade provided to trusts using the iSoft iPM patient administration systems in the Greater Manchester region last month has led to almost 400 duplicate patient records being created every day, requiring records to later be de-duplicated. The problem affected upgrades to the iPM system provided by Computer Sciences Corporation under […]
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GPs say N3 slow speeds limiting use of systems
GPs are reporting more problems with N3 connections and system speeds which they say are affecting their ability to run both Connecting for Health applications and local surgery systems. The problems appear to be particularly acute for practices with branch surgeries. In Kent Dr Stephen Meech’s Maidstone practice has a 1MB connection which he has […]
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