One millionth Choose and Book referral reached
Health minister Lord Warner today announced that one million referrals to specialist care have been made through the Choose and Book system in England. The DH says the million booking milestone has been reached with 85% of all GP practices making some use of Choose and Book, and the system now used for 27% of […]
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Tiny ‘plaster’ health monitoring chip gets closer
Medical technology firm Toumaz Technology has released the Sensium modular system, a monitoring infrastructure that will support a device small enough to be attached to the body using a sticking plaster. Toumaz, a startup founded at Imperial College, London, aims to develop a series of disposable wearable medical monitoring devices that automatically links to data collection and transmission devices […]
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Use technology more for home care, says report
A report looking at the amount of time professional carers should give to patients with long term conditions has encouraged trusts and local authorities to make better use of existing telecare technology. The report, by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), titled “Time to Care?” says that many people find their care workers are too […]
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Fujitsu’s Cerner delays mount in the South
Three more trusts have had to postpone Fujitsu implementations of Cerner Millennium in the South at short notice, as go-live dates for hospital systems slip further across the region. The delays mean that a key Connecting for Health delivery pledge will be missed. The three latest sites to announce delays include Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, […]
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NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday
NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database next month, launched in partnership with clinical decision support software (CDSS) specialists, Clinical Solutions. The database records all individual patients who contact the NHS Direct phoneline and holds details of their enquiry and any advice […]
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CSC says it will implement iPM at Bradford in six months
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which had gone outside the NHS National Programme for IT to procure for a new patient administration system, has come back into the fold. The trust has signed a deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to implement iSoft’s iPM in just six months, in a deal underwitten by NHS […]
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Academics set up wiki to monitor NHS IT
The 23 academics who wrote to Parliament outlining their concerns about the progress of the National Programme for IT have set up a wiki to track media reports and act as a resource for NHS IT. The NHS 23 wiki, available at http://editthis.info/nhs_it_info/, features links to articles tracking problems with various suppliers and coverage of […]
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CfH wields axe on funding Clinical Evidence
Clinical Evidence will no longer be freely available to clinicians in England after NHS Connecting for Health failed to agree a new contract with its publishers. From January clinicians in England who want access to Clinical Evidence, the international source of the best available evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions, will either have […]
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iSoft ‘in talks with potential buyers’
iSoft, the UK health software vendor, has announced that it will open discussions with potential bidders and partners to clarify the strategic options open to the company. The company said this morning confirmed that it has received expressions of interest in buying the group and is in talks with potential buyers. It has appointed advisors and […]
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IT staff jobs at risk in cuts to NHS Blood Service
Staff who have been developing and implementing a new blood tracking systems for the NHS Blood Service designed to improve patient safety have told E-Health Insider they have been warned they could soon be out of a job. Two weeks ago, Peter Garwood, head of the NHS Blood Service, announced that the 14 existing centres are […]
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