Birmingham Children’s loses sight of appointments
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust has become the latest trust to experience problems after Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) installed new remotely-hosted patient administration system (PAS) software supplied by iSoft. Following a software upgrade to its new PAS system, outpatient appointment data for 800 children became unviewable to staff using the day clinic module of the […]
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PCT achieves 87% C+B referrals with flexible system
A primary care trust (PCT) has achieved the highest take up of Choose and Book in the country by allowing practices to send Choose and Book information through the post. The “medical secretary” model used by all PCTs in Somerset has helped GP practices in Somerset Coast PCT make 87% of referrals through Choose and […]
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Doctors test out RFID system for handovers
Doctors at the Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are testing the use of RFID technology for patient handovers. David Morgan, consultant ENT surgeon at the trust, who is also surgical safety adviser to the National Patient Safety Agency, explained the system to the Clinical Care Computing conference in London last week. Birmingham Heartlands […]
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Web clinic gains Healthcare Commission registration
An online sexual health clinic that offers postal testing and email consultations is claiming to be the first online medical service to be registered by the Healthcare Commission. DrThom is a private clinic and was set up four years ago by Dr Thomas Van Every, who works in an NHS sexual health clinic in […]
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Lewisham PCT chooses iPlato for SMS reminders
A primary care trust is hoping to reduce missed GP practice appointments by 25% in a year with the aid of a text messaging service. Lewisham PCT has signed a deal with mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato to use its Patient Care Messaging solution for patients at seven surgeries across the trust. Patients will be […]
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iSoft’s financial troubles mount
Troubled UK health IT software firm iSoft was plunged into further financial crisis on Friday after it announced it had again delayed publication of its full year results because it had been unable to conclude negotiations with its banks. The indications are that iSoft has been unable to complete renegotiation with its banks while its […]
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North Staffs announces ‘big bang’ implementation
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has started its trust-wide ‘big bang’ implementation of a new iSoft patient administration system, together with specialist clinical systems as part of its move towards an electronic patient record. Several of the trust’s legacy systems, many of which were bespoke, have now been replaced in PAS A&E, theatre, maternity, clinical […]
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Welsh GP surgery offers video podcasts
A rural general practice in Wales has started offering video podcasts for its patients covering a variety of subjects, starting with inhaler technique. Builth & Llanwrtyd Medical Practice in Powys, which stretches over two sites and covers 7,700 people, has uploaded its first video, instructing patients in effective use of an inhaler, onto its site […]
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London Cerner switch announcement imminent
NHS acute trusts in the capital will next week receive letters from BT notifying them that it has terminated its contract with GE Healthcare and instead awarded a contract to Cerner to supply its Millennium clinical software to hospitals. The imminent switch to Cerner, first reported by E-Health insider on 13 June, is expected to […]
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iSoft begins EPR roll-out at Derby
iSoft has announced that the initial roll-out of its iCM electronic patient record (EPR) system at Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nearing completion on the trust’s surgical and urology departments. Following this initial pilot of the order communications component of iCM – enabling clinicians to electronically order and receive test results – is now being rolled […]
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