Neonatal ‘cot locator’ launched
A new software system to help find the nearest hospital cot for critically ill newborn babies has been launched by the Department of Health. The National Cot Locator was launched by health minister, Ivan Lewis, at the Princess of Wales Women’s Unit in Birmingham Heartlands Hospital today. The government-funded system was ‘developed by clinical and […]
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Plans for children’s databases criticised
Government plans for children’s databases could end up putting children at increased risk by diverting resources away from frontline services and are already breaking data protection and privacy laws according to a report ordered by the Information Commissioner. The report, Children’s Databases – Safety and Privacy, written by the Foundation for Information Policy and Research […]
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Ideal acquires Deverill’s NHS IT training
Ideal Training has acquired the NHS training division of Deverill, which holds a major contract in the London region. Deverill was awarded a five year contract in January to provide experienced care records systems trainers to support the delivery of end user application training for the capital’s 31 primary care trusts, 32 acute trusts and […]
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Birmingham PCT extends electronic incident reporting
Birmingham East and North PCT has contracted with risk management systems developers Vantage Technologies to implement its web-based Sentinel reporting software. Sentinel is a risk management tool which has enabled Birmingham East and North (BEN) PCT to record and manage incidents more effectively and conveniently, and also provides the data for analysis to help identify incident […]
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Fair Deal on Broadband: BT responds
When E-Health Insider Primary Care launched Fair Deal on Broadband, we asked BT to give its perspective on the issues raised and the particular problems encountered on the ground in primary care. Here is the company’s response, in full, sent by a BT spokesperson: N3 is the enabling infrastructure that underpins the national applications being […]
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Ascribe trials medicine management in Manchester
A new electronic medicines management solution, developed by software provider Ascribe, is being trialled at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The software allows medicines prescribed from the patient’s bedside to be automatically screened and recorded, then ordered and dispensed from the hospital pharmacy, which also runs Ascribe software. Mark Hindle, group project manager at Ascribe, told […]
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Scotland’s NHS in the dark on IM&T spend
The NHS in Scotland does not know exactly how much it spends on IM&T overall, according to a major report from public spending watchdog Audit Scotland. In a key recommendation, the report says the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) needs to improve the way it funds IM&T programmes in future by developing business cases, and […]
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Southern SHAs to pilot greater local ownership of NPfIT
The three strategic health authorities in the south of England are piloting a new model of governance for the National Programme for IT that will shift responsibilities from NHS Connecting for Health at the centre to the local NHS. The move is partly as a result of recommendations from the National Audit Office earlier this […]
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NHSmail to migrate users to Mirapoint server
NHSmail is to migrate to a new message server and infrastructure after suppliers Cable and Wireless signed a contract with infrastructure provider Mirapoint. The new system was piloted on an initial 200,000 accounts. C&W plan to migrate all 1.3m users of NHSmail over the next 12-18 months, and all users will still be able to […]
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Research uncovers technology adoption factors
Early results from a major research programme on technology adoption in healthcare have shown recurring themes in the analysis of barriers and facilitators, a London conference heard. Speaking at the Royal Society of Medicine’s TeleMed and eHealth ’06 meeting in London, Frances Mair, professor of primary care research at Glasgow University, listed recurring problems as: […]
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