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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iSoft system leaves North Staffs unable to bill
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, one of the most indebted trusts in the country, is facing a potential £16m risk due to severe problems with a new electronic patient record system from iSoft, which have left it unable to code activity and recover income. The new system has left the trust, which already […]
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Europe’s citizens must be engaged on e-health
Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about e-health policy, a key group of European informatics professionals is cautioning. The European Health Telematics Associatiuon (EHTEL) issued a paper and companion documents on patient safety and electronic health records at the first-ever World of Health […]
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EMIS links with Tiara9 for appointment booking
EMIS have announced they are to link their GP software to Ethical Technology (Ethitec)’s Tiara9 electronic patient record system for therapists. The partnership aims to deliver interoperability between the firms’ systems to help reduce waiting times for patients and improve clerical accuracy. Tiara9 is currently used by 30 NHS trusts, and EMIS GP systems by around […]
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Granger compares BMA to the National Union of Miners
NHS IT boss Richard Granger has compared the British Medical Association to the National Union of Mineworkers, describing the influential doctors’ trade union as a block to change in the NHS. His inflamatory comments came in a New Statesman-sponsored round table on IT modernisation, in which he spoke of obstacles to the late-running £12bn NHS IT project: […]
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