Computers – the greatest medical breakthrough?
Computers have been shortlisted in a British Medical Journal poll to determine the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840. They are one of 15 medical advances, chosen by BMJ readers, that have made the list to find the greatest medical breakthrough since the journal was launched 166 years ago. Other contenders for the title include anaesthesia, antibiotics, the risks […]
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N3 problems leave users unable to access internet
An update to the internet gateway of the NHS’s new national network (N3) continues to create problems for users accessing the internet, with NHS staff reporting either very slow connections or being unable to access e-mails on mobile devices. On Wednesday Connecting for Health’s service status site was reporting "internet gateway issues" on N3. The […]
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NHS Fife uses new PAS interface to tackle ward infections
A new interface has been implemented into NHS Fife’s existing Oasis Patient Administration System (PAS) that will warn both hospital and community staff of any potential ‘hospital-acquired infections.’ NHS Fife Operating Division introduced the new system to streamline and improve its surveillance and case management of hospital-acquired infections. The new interface to the hospital’s existing […]
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Use of NHS Direct website accelerates
NHS Direct’s website had record traffic figures last year, with 13.5m users of the website, an increase of around 30% from 2005. Over the same period the number of people calling the service declined. The health information service, which recently expanded its services to Freeview television, also took around seven million calls in the year, […]
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Smartcare chosen for case management in NW London
A continuing care case management system provided by business technology company Smartqube has been chosen as the preferred solution for north west London. Smartcare has been used by Brent Primary Care Trust for about a year and the company says the success of its implementation there has led to the decision to implement it in […]
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Health IT administrator charged with planting ‘logic bomb’
A former systems administrator in the US has been arrested by the FBI and charged after placing a ‘logic bomb’ on a computer network that held patient prescription information. Yung-Hsun Lin, 50, of Montville, New Jersey was last month charged with two counts of computer fraud after it was discovered he had placed the malware […]
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Capex becomes Eceptionist’s UK partner
Capex Health, a systems developer and training provider, have been named as the UK partner for Eceptionist, specialists in internet based scheduling services. Eceptionist is a web-based solution from the US, already in use in the UK, that supports scheduling, telemedicine, disease and case management, care pathways, protocols and reporting for facilities and hospitals. The […]
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Practices encouraged to use new 03 numbers
GP practices are to be encouraged to adopt a new 03 telephone number or use a local geographic number for patients to contact them on. Former health minister Lord Warner, who retired at the end of last month, wrote to primary care trust chief executives in December about the use of non-geographical 084 numbers by […]
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Nuffield Hospitals begin rollout of direct Choose and Book
The Nuffield Hospitals group have gone live with the directly bookable NHS Choose and Book system at its site in Plymouth. The group spent nine months liaising and testing the system with the assistance of Connecting for Health (CfH) and iSoft and successfully deployed the system last month. Nuffield have installed the system in their […]
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Discussions underway on 8Mb broadband for GPs
NHS Connecting for Health is in discussions with N3 BT about providing an 8Mb broadband service which could provide GP practices with faster broadband speeds. The DH’s central IT agency is also advising N3 customers not to order any upgrade because of concerns over performance issues “at this time.” EHI Primary Care understands that the […]
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