Hounslow installs IP network for new health centre
Hounslow PCT has installed a new ntl:Telewest Business’ IP multimedia network in their new primary care centre to support more efficient working and better collaboration between staff. The new primary care centre, due to open in February 2007, will open with a new Internet Protocol (IP) network supporting the delivering of integrated voice, data and […]
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Minister responsible for NPfIT to retire
Lord Warner the health minister responsible for the £12.4bn NHS IT project is to retire at the end of the year. No 10 has announced that the Labour peer will retire at the end of the year, in what was described as a "personal decision". The BBC reported that Downing Street had denied that his departure […]
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Heart of England invests in digital retinopathy
Information management and storage specialists, EMC Corporation, have implemented two EMC Centera content storage systems at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust to b e able to more effectively store and provide rapid access digital diabetic retinopathy images. One hundred Birmingham and Black Country community-based optometrists will be participating in a regional diabetic retinopathy […]
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GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers
A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed anti-impotence drug Viagra by doctors. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board said the error was due to a computer glitch at two city GP practices, according to a report by BBC Scotland. The Health […]
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Fujitsu hits 100m PACS images
Fujitsu Services, the NHS’s IT prime contractor for the South of England, has today recorded the 100 millionth patient image stored in its data centre as part of the Connecting for Health, picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) programme. Two million images a week are being added to Fujitsu’s PACS data centre, with the programme […]
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Bridgeforward and Quicksilva partner on integration
Software providers BridgeForward and Quicksilva have announced a partnership to focus on integrated connectivity solutions for healthcare. BridgeForward Software, a specialist in application integration and data migration software in healthcare will partner with Quicksilva Software Solutions, which supplies spine connectivity solutions and services to the healthcare industry, will partner on integration solutions. Under the partnership, each […]
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Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi
A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity TeleSmart system (below) has similar functionality to a full-sized monitor but still can be worn on the patient’s body. Like a normal telemetry device, it is attached to the patient’s skin with plasters and collects data such […]
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Don’t opt-out patients by default, GPs advised
GP practices concerned about the confidentiality of patient records under the NHS Care Records Service have been advised not to opt-out all their patients by default. EHI Primary Care has learnt that some GPs are considering adding the code 93c3(refused consent for upload to national electronic shared record) to all patients in order to prevent […]
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Cerner problems ‘reported before NOC go-live’
A problem with appointment bookings that hit Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital when it went live with its new Cerner system had been reported previously by a London hospital, according to a television report. The problem resulted in some patients not receiving appointments and others presenting when the hospital was not expecting them. It also resulted in […]
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PRIMIS CHART e-audit tool launched
An e-audit tool to allow GP practices to assess the quality of their data as part of the IM&T directed enhanced service has been launched by NHS Connecting for Health (CfH). GP practices are being encouraged to download the CHART e-audit tool to benchmark themselves against others and use the results to help focus on […]
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