Starting gun fired for Summary Care Record roll-out
The government’s ambitious plan for a national system of electronic summary care patient records (SCR) will begin trials tomorrow at two GP practices in Bolton, in the north-west of England. Approximately 14,500 patients will have a summary of the GP record, containing details of name, address, medication history, serious illnesses and allergies, uploaded to a […]
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DH to lift hospital mobile phone ban
The Department of Health has announced that a ban on patients and doctors using mobile phones in hospitals in England is to be lifted this spring. The changes follow advice published by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which said that “a total ban on mobile phones is not required and is impossible […]
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Sunderland uses e-SAP to unite health and social care data
Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has rolled out a new electronic Single Assessment Process system from Liquidlogic in an effort to standardise the assessment process for adult care across the Sunderland Health and Social Care Community. e-SAP has been rolled out in partnership with City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and Sunderland City Council and […]
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Winchester says Millennium becoming ‘more robust’
The delays in implementation of the Cerner Millenium patient administration system have helped to make the system ‘fit for purpose and more robust’, according to the IT lead at Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust. The Mid Hampshire Deployment Family, consisting of three trusts: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust, part of Hampshire Partnership Trust and […]
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EMIS becomes first GP supplier to commit to CUI
Primary care systems supplier EMIS is to become the first major clinical software vendor to the health service to incorporate elements of the new NHS Common User Interface (CUI), developed by Microsoft on behalf of Connecting for Health, into its software. EMIS revealed to EHI Primary Care last week that it will incorporate components of […]
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Chesterfield Foundation Trust gets SRC digital dictation
SRC has won a European public procurement to provide a trust-wide digital dictation and workflow management solution to Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The trust, which serves the North Derbyshire area, is installing the WinScribe digital dictation solution, for use by clinical and management staff to improve medical record keeping and document production. SRC […]
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GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott
A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to be considered by GP representatives this week in response to the profession’s 0% pay rise. The threat to continuing use of the Choose and Book system comes as GPs’ incentive scheme for e-booking is due […]
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Privacy GP calls records opt out pledge a ‘decoy’
A GP who has campaigned for patients to secure an opt-out from the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) is claiming that current plans will still put confidential patient information at risk. Dr Paul Thornton has written a 12 page report which claims the government’s pledge of an opt out right from the Summary Care Record […]
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NPfIT’s Evolution maternity dropped by Royal Shrewsbury
The NHS trust that was meant to be the pilot site for the National Programme for IT version of iSoft’s Evolution Maternity Information System, has given up waiting for its delayed NPfIT system and implemented an alternative system bought off the shelf. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire has been waiting for almost two years […]
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DH acknowledge junior doctor selection ‘shortcomings’
An extremely rapid DH initial review into the heavily criticised online junior doctor recruitment system has within 24-hours admitted that there were ‘shortcomings’ that need to be addressed. Following threats of boycotting the system from consultants, the review team which was set up on Friday announced on Saturday a series of changes to the system […]
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