BT to deliver Theatre Manager in London
BT has signed an agreement with specialist developers, Picis, to deliver new operating theatre management systems to six hospital trusts in London under Connecting for Health. Picis Theatre Manager is a British version of the Picis OR Manager, used in operating rooms across the US. Theatre Manager will be implemented to provide complete surgical scheduling, patient […]
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Telehealth innovations unveiled at conference
Partners Telemedicine, a US based telecare provider, have told a conference that patients should be encouraged to use ‘self care’ telehealth products. Showcasing some of their products currently in the research and development stages in the US, Dr Joseph Kvedar, director at Partners Telemedicine, said: “The number of patients suffering from chronic illnesses is growing […]
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Virtual Consulting Room successfully piloted
A Virtual Consulting Room offering healthcare professionals the facility to compare notes for medical consultations has been developed by staff and students at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London. The Virtual Consulting Room (VcR) is an internet-based medical consultation application, which streamlines patient care […]
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NHS broadband leaves GPs in slow lane
Many GP practices are struggling with inadequate broadband speeds over N3 (the new NHS National Network) which are slowing down their day-to-day work and limiting their ability to use key national computer systems from the £12.4bn Connecting for Health programme. Choose and Book has been particularly affected and GPs have told EHI Primary Care about […]
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GPs threaten to block national patient database
One in two GPs have signalled their intention not to upload patients’ clinical details to the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) without explicit patient consent, in direct opposition to Department of Health (DH) policy. The position being adopted by doctors in primary care, is revealed in a survey of 1026 doctors’ views about the National […]
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Survey shows waning medical support for NPfIT
A picture of declining support among doctors for the National Programme for IT emerges from the latest Medix survey of medical opinion on IT modernisation, sponsored by E-Health Insider. One of the key findings of the survey is that half of all GPs surveyed said they do not plan to upload patient details onto the […]
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NHS Scotland signs £300m deal with Atos Origin Alliance
A consortia lead by Atos Origin has been awarded a £300m contract to be NHS Scotland’s Information Management and Technology Support Services Partner for the next 11 years. The contract covers the supply, administration and management of both the national and some local IT services to NHS Boards across Scotland. The agreement will start from […]
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UK practices best for IT to track medical errors
GPs in the UK are well ahead of colleagues around the world in having information systems which track medical errors, according to a survey of primary care doctors in seven countries. The survey of primary care doctors’ office systems in seven countries, the 2006 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians, reveals […]
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Royal Free launches GUM text appointment booking
A new text messaging service allowing patients to make appointments for treatment at a time convenient for them is to be launched at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London in the new year. The hospital’s Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual Health clinics will use the system to provide a 24-hour appointment service connected to the hospital’s existing […]
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Informatics studentship available at Kingston
Kingston University is currently offering PhD studentships in a number of research projects in health computing and informatics subjects available immediately within the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics. Formal applications must be sent to the Research and Enterprise Officer. Several of these projects may offer enhanced studentships of £15,500 to particularly strong candidates. […]
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