High-tech radios rollout for ambulances in 2007
A new radio system to be installed by all NHS ambulance trusts in England beginning in early 2007 will offer interoperability with other emergency services and better coverage in rural areas, the Department of Health said today. Ambulance trusts have chosen to implement radio terminals provided by Sepura which will operate on the O2/Airwave network, […]
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i-Contact aims to combat missed appointments
A new web-based communications engine called i-Contact has been developed to help GPs combat the problem of missed appointments. The i-Contact system, from communications specialists Data SMS, is a two-way communications tool allowing surgeries to text patients or leave voicemail messages on their mobiles reminding them of their appointments. It also allows patients to leave […]
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iPod access to health records launched in US
New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US allowing patients to access their personal health records using an iPod. HealthFrame is described as a software system designed to permanently record, organise and help users, and those to whom they permit access, to understand their personal health more easily and completely. Suppliers, Records for Living […]
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Practice data controller jailed for record tampering
A data administrator at a North London medical centre has been jailed for tampering with records using the practice’s computer system to receive extra payments from the NHS. Vinod Thapar, 62, of Fairgreen, Cockfosters, admitted four accounts of altering medical records and obtaining property by deception after falsifying contracts at the Silver Street Medical Centre, Edmonton. […]
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2006 – a curate’s egg for Connecting for Health
E-Health Insider cuts through the statistics to offer a snapshot of progress on ongoing efforts to digitise the NHS in England. Whatever happened to the NHS Care Record Service? 2006 may well be seen as the year Connecting for Health (CfH) and its prime contractors failed to deliver on their promise of next generation integrated […]
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NHS staff to be first for Office 2007
NHS employees are set to become some of the first people in the UK to get copies of Microsoft Office 2007 when it ships early next year. Thanks to the Home User Scheme of the NHS’s Enterprise Wide Agreement with Microsoft, health service employees will only have to pay a fraction of the standard price […]
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ScriptSwitch partner with First DataBank on Multilex
A new partnership will enable the implementation of First Data Bank’s Multilex Drug Datafile into ScriptSwitch’s real-time prescribing decision support software for primary care organisations. ScriptSwitch is a software package developed in partnership with the NHS which sets out to improve clinical excellence by supporting the prescriber. It delivers concise medicines management guidelines at the […]
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NICE announces implementation guidance databases
Two new online databases have been launched by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to help support the implementation of its clinical guidance. The databases were launched at NICE’s annual conference in Birmingham earlier this month and are aimed at supporting NHS trusts in implementing medical guidelines laid down by the organisation. […]
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NHS Direct launches on Freeview for Christmas
NHS Direct is bracing itself for its busiest Christmas period since its launch in 1999, having launched a new channel on Freeview to enable it to reach an extra 6.4 million households. The service is expecting to take over 70,000 calls and have over 50,000 website hits in Christmas week – with most calls expected […]
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Two-thirds in Wales access health information online
A survey commissioned by Informing Healthcare, the Welsh healthcare IT programme, has revealed that almost two-thirds of people in Wales source health information online. Informing Healthcare commissioned Pricewaterhouse Coopers International Survey Unit to research the preferred method for adults in Wales to source health information, with 1002 people participating in the telephone survey between March […]
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