TPP reaches 200 deployments under Accenture
A significant milestone has been reached in the deployment of National Programme for IT systems to GP practices in the North-east and Eastern clusters. Local service provider Accenture and systems supplier TPP (The Phoenix Partnership) announced this week that they had completed its two hundredth deployment of SystmOne GP. There are now 430 GPs live using […]
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Call for national standards on remote access
GPs are calling for national standards on remote access to practice computer systems because of concerns that present methods could potentially put patient data at risk. Dr Paul Bromley, a GP in Leek, Staffordshire, and colleagues from the EMIS National User Group are unhappy that the current arrangements delegate decision-making to primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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Nurses ‘losing enthusiasm’ for NHS IT reform
The number of nurses across the UK who believe in the benefits of IT reform in the NHS is falling, says the latest Nursix survey published by the Royal College of Nursing. Around 56% of nurses now say that IT reform is likely to improve clinical care and 49% agree that it will improve their […]
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‘No believable plan’ for completion of iSoft Lorenzo
A confidential review of iSoft’s release schedule has revealed that there are no immediate prospects for the completion and delivery of the Lorenzo electronic patient record software, the key patient software for three out of five regions of the £12.4bn NHS IT programme. The EPR was first meant to be delivered to two-thirds of the NHS […]
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NI to link barcodes on prescriptions to EPRs
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has announced it has signed a £6.8m contract with Hewlett Packard to provide it with bar-coded prescriptions in an effort to counter fraud. The new Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System (EPES) will be rolled out over the next two years. Paper prescriptions will […]
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Criticisms of NHS IT programme were cut from NAO report
Detailed criticisms of the management of the NHS IT modernisation programme, being overseen by Connecting for Health, were cut from the National Audit Office report published in June. An early draft of the report obtained by the BBC reveals that strongly worded concerns and critical analysis of the programme were either toned down or removed entirely […]
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Cerner switches on at St James, Dublin
A new Cerner system at St. James Hospital, Dublin, the Republic of Ireland’s largest hospital, combines data, imaging, orders and results and establishes the foundation for a full electronic patient record. Cerner says patient care will benefit from the successful switch-on of what it describes as a landmark system that unites diverse and complex computer […]
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IM+T DES participation check advised
Primary care trusts are being advised to contact all GP practices to check if they intend to take part in the IM+T directed enhanced service as an information portal for the DES is launched. Primis+, the primary care data quality service, is hosting the portal as part of its commission from NHS Connecting for Health […]
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IMS signs contract with BT for London trust
IMS MAXIMS Plc today announced that it had signed a three year contract with London local service provider, BT, to supply its web-based clinical software to Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust (BHRT). The £5m contract provides for the immediate installation of four IMS clinical applications at the trust to support order communications and results reporting, […]
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CfH seeks acute trust for blood barcoding pilot
NHS Connecting for Health and the National Patient Safety Agency have announced they are looking for an acute trust to pilot IT specifications for electronic blood tracking. A small, non-teaching hospital trust is sought for the pilot, which will begin in March 2007, to evaluate the IT guidelines developed by the NPSA. The NPSA’s aim […]
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