No sealed envelopes for first summary records
No ‘sealed envelope’ technology will be available for the very first release of the NHS Care Record Service next year, it has emerged. Interim arrangements are planned, however, to safeguard the patient’s right to stop information being shared against their wishes. The ‘sealed envelope’ is a concept developed during public consultation to represent the security […]
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Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project
Eastman Kodak’s Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland’s RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate the medical imaging and information systems across five Finnish hospital districts. The €2.7m RATU project focuses on the development of e-health in Northern Finland and is funded by five hospital districts and the Finnish Ministry […]
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CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent
Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service, predicts CfH’s GP clinical lead Prof Mike Pringle. Doctors’ bodies and the NHS IT agency are currently divided over how consent for the NCRS should operate. The qualified opt out policy […]
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Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted
A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more effective and help prevent errors. The initiative launched this week by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) was discussed at a healthcare group meeting of Intellect, the trade association for the UK’s high tech industries. Chris Ranger, […]
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EU hospital software market ‘worth £1bn by 2010’
The European market in hospital administration systems will be worth £1.2bn by 2010, according to research undertaken by consulting company Frost & Sullivan, as hospitals across the continent realise they must lay the foundations for electronic health records, PACS and other e-health systems. The reason for the growth in the sector is that hospitals are […]
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Birmingham PCTs sign up for Pfizer self-care project
Two PCTs in Birmingham are to be the first in the UK to implement a community self-care project in which patients with diabetes and other long-term conditions will receive regular telephone support at home by trained community nurses. The OwnHealth project, which will be run by UK Pfizer Health Solutions in conjunction with NHS Direct, will […]
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Study shows ROI on mobile technology in NHS
A study jointly commissioned by George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Connecting for Health into the impact of mobile technology in acute clinical environments has identified significant potential time and resource savings. The findings suggest that investment in mobile networks, devices and wireless-enabled applications can deliver a measurable return on investment (ROI) for healthcare […]
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GPs ‘under no obligation’ to offer choice
GP representatives have told GPs that they are under no obligation to offer a choice of four or five providers from January despite pressure to do so to fulfil the government’s policy on choice at referral. Delays with the implementation of Choose and Book have led the Department of Health to focus on creating manual […]
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Scottish practices indicate interest in systems switch
Almost 20 per cent of practices in Scotland have expressed an interest in switching to a different IT system with the vast majority of those wishing to change currently using the centrally funded system GPASS. GPs in Scotland had until the end of October to express an interest in moving to a new clinical computer […]
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South London and Maudsley goes live with JAC
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has gone live across the trust with a new pharmacy management system from JAC Computer Services, delivered as part of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology. The JAC system was supplied to the trust by BT, the London local service provider under the NHS IT modernisation programme. JAC […]
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