Staff workflow key to health IT success, says study
Healthcare IT implementations could risk failure if care is not taken of how users react to the tasks they are given, rather than technology itself, a study undertaken by the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology in Austria is suggesting. Existing project management frameworks tend only to focus on whether users can operate […]
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Paper working after disaster ‘not acceptable’
A senior executive for a health service local service provider (LSP) this week expressed the view that leaving large NHS trusts working on paper for a week after a disaster was ‘not acceptable’. Sunil Patel, development director of Accenture, LSP for the North east and Eastern regions of England, was referring to the disaster at […]
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PCT agrees to fund infrastructure upgrade
A primary care trust has agreed to fund replacement servers for practices in its area just days before an arbitration case was due to be heard over its refusal to do so. Hounslow PCT has written to 18 EMIS practices and two InPractice Systems practices in its area this week to say it has found […]
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Choose and Book target now March 2007
The target date for the implementation of Choose and Book has been moved back again, this time to March 2007. Margaret Edwards, director of access at the Department of Health, has written to strategic health authority and primary care trust chief executives this week to set out the latest targets on the Choose and Book […]
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‘Plymouth’ offered as an interim solution
Connecting for Health has shelved plans to provide NHS acute trusts across three regions in England with an integrated, strategic next-generation clinical system for another two or three years. E-Health Insider has learned that since late December in the North East, Eastern and North West and West Midlands regions, NHS Connecting for Health has stopped […]
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White paper outlines IT role in community services
Patients will be able to complete an online self-assessment of their health and send it electronically to their GP to be stored as part of their record, under plans outlined in this week’s white paper on care outside hospital. The white paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services, outlines a […]
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GPs highlight “clunky” functionality of C+B
The Choose and Book system is "clunky and cumbersome" and slower than the paper-based referral mechanism it is intended to replace, according to GPs. In a survey of 40 practices undertaken by the GP magazine Pulse, respondents complained of lack of standardisation and speed of the internet browser-based software. Dr Patrick Clarke, a GP in […]
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CfH announces awards for health IT innovation
Entries have opened for the 2006 Health Informatics Accolade Scheme, which aim to reward the innovative use of technology in the NHS for both clinical and non-clinical purposes. NHS Connecting for Health is offering five prizes of £5000 each for organisations that demonstrate innovation in health informatics. Projects will be judged by CfH and professional organisations […]
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iSoft warns of ‘significant’ NPfIT delays
British healthcare software developer iSOFT has warned that delays in delivering software to the UK National Health Service would slash its previous revenue and profit forecasts. In a trading statement this morning the company said that total full-year revenue generated from the programme is expected to be around £30m, about £55m pounds below previous expectations, […]
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ePEX accredited for Choose and Book
Ascribe has announced that it has achieved Choose and Book accreditation for its ePEX patient administration system, which is installed in 25% of PCTs in the UK. The ePEX PAS has been designed with primary and community care in mind, with modules that support mental health, learning disabilities, child health and elderly services. The Choose […]
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