PCTs sign up for prescription clinical support software
Prescription software firm ScriptSwitch have been awarded contracts to provide their ‘real-time’ support software to ten Primary Care trusts. 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 point of prescribing, as configured locally […]
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Quicksilva releases spine compliance software
Quicksilva Software Solutions has released an application that mimics the messages generated by Connecting for Health’s data spine so that developers have a better chance of judging compliance before they go into official testing. While Spine-in-a-Box is not intended to replace the ‘sandpit’ – the testing procedure made mandatory by Connecting for Health for all […]
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MP “looking into” how NAO report was drafted
Commons Public Accounts Committee member and outspoken scrutiniser of the National Programme for IT, Richard Bacon MP, says he is trying to find out what happened during the drafting process of the controversial National Audit Office (NAO) report on the programme. The late-running report was published in June and made no comment on delays in […]
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Report must ‘signal the end of the line for GPASS’
A long-awaited independent report on GPASS ‘must signal the end of the line’ for Scotland’s most commonly used GP system, BMA Scotland’s IT representative said today. After seeing a draft version of the pending Deloitte report on ‘General Practice Information Technology Options’, Dr Stuart Scott, deputy chairman and IT lead for the BMA’s Scottish General […]
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E-learning helps NHS managers understand finance
New e-learning modules which help managers to understand NHS finance have been developed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). The modules were written and produced by communication and training specialists, Information Transfer, to help NHS staff understand the requirements of the new Patient Choice and Payment by Results schemes. An HFMA spokesperson told E-Health […]
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Map of Medicine to pilot PDA access
Map of Medicine are to pilot a PDA-based version of their evidence-based clinical pathway information system for the first time in the UK. In July, the company developed a PDA version that featured seven pathways of care, called the Mobile Map of Medicine, in Kenya. The company is now about to launch the pilot version […]
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Local sealed envelopes ‘probably safer’
A risk analysis conducted for NHS Connecting for Health has concluded that patient care would probably be safer using locally held sealed envelopes rather than storing them on the NHS data spine. The recommendations in the internal document, written by risk management company Det Norske Veritas and delivered to CfH in September, would seem to […]
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CfH GP group to discuss N3 speed problems
GP practices’ concerns about N3 are to be discussed at the next meeting of NHS Connecting for Health’s GP Pan User Group (GP PUG). Dr Gillian Braunold, joint GP national clinical lead for CfH, told EHI Primary Care that N3 will be on the agenda at the pan user group’s January meeting. Last week EHI […]
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Thousands call NHS Direct in poisoning fear
Thousands have been in contact with NHS Direct fearing they may have been contaminated by the radioactive material used to kill former spy Alexander Litvinenko. An NHS Direct spokesperson told E-Health Insider that since Litvinenko’s death on Thursday, they have had almost 700 calls and 5000 people visiting their website. “So far our figures for calls, […]
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Health select committee to investigate NPfIT
An inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be held by the House of Commons’ health select committee, according to a report in Computer Weekly. The committee originally decided not to hold such an inquiry, but are reported to have changed their minds after they were provided with documents from the magazine, including a confidential briefing […]
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