Restructuring consultation for iSoft staff
Healthcare software provider, iSoft, has confirmed that it is consulting its UK staff about restructuring the company and offering options including voluntary redundancy. Letters to staff were sent out this week. A spokesman for the firm said: “We have entered into a consultation process with UK staff. It’s a 90 day consultation looking to restructure […]
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29 MPs back call for NPfIT review
A total of 29 MPs have so far signed a Commons motion backing calls for an independent review of the National Programme for IT. The early day motion – a device used by MPs to draw attention to issues of the day – follows on from the letter sent by 23 senior academics to the […]
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Anite and Webroster collaborate on new solution
Specialist public sector solutions provider, Anite, has partnered with online workforce software experts, Webroster, to offer an integrated system for health and social care called ASSAM. The two companies’ systems will be interfaced to allow service user, carer, and management requirements to be matched easily. The aim is to improve scheduling efficiency and roster management. […]
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Google announces healthcare search clustering
Google has announced that people looking for healthcare terms on its front page will now have the option to see a list of reviewed links, and sort their results by treatment or symptoms. In Google Co-op, if users search for a particular symptom, illness or associated keyword on the main page of the site, they will […]
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BMJ’s evidence-based consumer info site launched
Consumer health information provider, BMJ BestTreatments, has officially launched its public website saying the service is proving a great hit with patients. A spokesperson for the service told E-Health Insider: “The site has been available for a while, but we needed to find a point at which to launch it. We have recently revamped it and […]
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GPs receive summaries for discharged stroke patients
GPs are to receive specialised electronic discharge summaries for stroke patients treated in Manchester Royal Infirmary, thanks to templates developed by two specialist clinicians implemented by Medisec Software. Consultant stroke physician Dr Ganesh Subramanian and GP Dr Helen Hosker, who has a special interest in older people’s service development, devised the specialist discharge summary, which […]
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Patient records may only be shared locally, say CfH
Detailed electronic patient records will not be accessible outside the local groups of organisations that created them, in direct contradiction of the government’s vision of records available “wherever and whenever you need them”, it has emerged. An internal document produced by Connecting for Health reveals that although its proposed consent model would allow clinicians across […]
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GPs face duty to chase e-booking ‘no shows’
GP practices are facing extra workload to chase up patients who fail to book a hospital appointment once they have been given a Choose and Book reference number. It is thought that almost 5% of patients currently fail to convert their unique booking reference number (UBRN) into a hospital appointment. The Medical Defence Union says GPs […]
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GE signs to provide PACS in North West and West Midlands
Computer Sciences Corporation has today announced that it has reached agreement with NHS Connecting for Health to sign with GE Healthcare and Healthcare Software Systems to provide picture archiving and communications systems and radiology information systems to the North West and West Midlands region of the NHS. Through NHS National Programme for IT prime contractor Fujitsu, GE […]
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Contract success for Ascribe
Health IT software company Ascribe has announced it has been awarded several new contracts in its pharmacy and primary and unscheduled care divisions, including one for a ‘super surgery’ planned for Liverpool this summer. Ascribe will be supplying a bespoke web-based healthcare IT system featuring both clinical and administrative features to Assura, a subsidiary of […]
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