Implementation schedule slips in South
The introduction of the NHS Care Records Service in the South of England is set to be delayed following a revamp of the software to introduce new functionality and to address issues identified in the "white knuckle" initial implementation at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. E-Health insider has learned from well placed sources that the next […]
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GPASS users doubt future use in national records
Ministerial claims that the troubled GP system GPASS will be central to the development of the national electronic single record in Scotland have been dismissed by the system’s own user group. Andy Kerr, Scottish health minister, told GP newspaper Pulse last week that GPASS would be "an incredibly important part of IT developments in Scotland […]
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System C named in best employers list
Healthcare IT systems and services specialists, System C Healthcare, has been ranked as one of the best small/medium enterprise companies to work for in the Sunday Times’ annual survey for the second year running. The survey highlighted that “83% of employees have pride in working for the organisation and 84% are very engaged in where […]
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Dr Foster offers data on repeat admissions
Medical data firm Dr Foster intelligence is offering PCTs a web-based tool that can identify patients and conditions with high admissions to hospital, allowing, says the company, better planning for future provision of services. The High-impact User Manager (HUM), launched last month, is designed to calculate costs of the admissions and predicts risk of future […]
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Persian health informatics experts sought
Visitors to the British Journal of Healthcare Computing website were in for a surprise over the weekend. A link to next week’s healthcare computing conference in Harrogate took viewers not to the health informatics site where they could view a list of speakers but straight to a site in Persian with accompanying pictures of ancient religious sites […]
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City and Hackney PCT chooses iPlato
City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) has launched a mobile phone text appointment reminder service for patients attending its screened services. The technology behind the service is being provided using the Patient Care Messaging application supplied by mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato. The company already provides a range of text appointment reminder services […]
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Information sharing protocol to be devised
A single information sharing protocol for health and adult social care staff is to be developed by the end of the year by the Department of Health and Connecting for Health’s Care Record Development Board together with patients and service users. The forthcoming protocol is one of three measures announced by the Cabinet Office’s Better […]
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Fame claims online milestone in children’s services
A website set up to promote collaboration in multi-agency working, particularly around children’s services, has said that it has reached a milestone in traffic, now receiving 1,000 unique visitors per month. The Framework for Multi-Agency Environments (FAME) website www.fame-uk.org is a national project set up with support from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister […]
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Trust takes membership into the fast lane
Heatherwood & Wexham Park NHS Trust, Berkshire, is addressing its duty to involve local people to the trust’s work with the appointment of a member management service whose other customers include groups of dedicated bikers and an upmarket car manufacturer. Ion Group, which also supplies services to Audi, the Harley Owners’ Group and the Cyclists’ Touring Club, has been […]
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Tunstall releases telecare guidance notes
Telecare company Tunstall has released a series of guides that aim to show how telecare devices can be used to support the National Service Framework for older people, as well as specific ideas for dementia care and learning disabilities. The guides, which are available on the Tunstall website, show examples of how devices such […]
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