NHS e-health research should focus on patients
Researchers into e-health should be concentrating on long-term change and projects from the patients’ point of view, rather than studying the subject as a short-term phenomenon, according to the results of a wide-ranging survey across NHS stakeholders. Among the research topics suggested were what kind of services patients would consider most useful for electronic ordering […]
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Chester to survey patients on outcomes
The Countess of Chester NHS Trust has signed up to a patient reported outcomes programme run by analytical benchmarking company, CHKS. The hospital has joined the programme in order to listen to patients’ views on the treatment it delivers, and use responses to improve processes and quality of care. Data will be used to help […]
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Granger answers Choose and Book critics
NHS IT chief, Richard Granger, says that low usage of the Choose and Book system is not something he can do anything about. Granger said in a wide-ranging interview in Computing magazine: “The core application is there, does what it was asked to do and was delivered on time. “There have been some configuration problems, […]
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New accessible PILs for visually impaired
A new service, X-PIL, is launched this week offering patient information leaflets (PILs) in Braille and other formats, such as large print and CD-ROM, that enable visually impaired people to access information about their treatment. The service helps pharmaceutical companies comply with new regulations brought in at the end of October which require accessible information […]
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EHI cited by Commons Public Accounts Committee
The Department of Health director responsible for the NHS National Programme for IT was taken to task last week by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee on NHS Smart Cards, following an article by E-Health Insider. John Bacon, the DH’s Group Director of Health and Social Care Delivery, and the senior responsible officer for […]
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Cameraphones help dieters keep track of meals
Dieters in the US and Canada are photographing their food with camera phones and sending them to dieticians, thanks to a new service that takes advantage of mobile technology to create online meal diaries. MyFoodPhone, which is based in Quebec City, allows the weight-conscious to upload images of each meal to a web-based food journal […]
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iSoft named North West business of the year
Manchester-based supplier of clinical software, iSoft, has been named North West business of the year by the Manchester Evening News, in the category of businesses over £50m turnover. The MEN Business of the Year Awards Programme covers companies of all sizes and takes into consideration clear vision of management performance, employee growth, customer service, innovation […]
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Handwriting rules for controlled drug scripts written off
GPs will no longer have to handwrite prescriptions for controlled drugs as a result of amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations which come into force next week. From 14 November, prescriptions for controlled drugs can be produced using typing and printing, ending a restriction which has been viewed as anachronistic since the widespread adoption […]
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Digital geographic information deal puts NHS on the map
More than 600 NHS organisations in England are to gain direct access to the Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic information under a new pilot agreement with the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). Geographic information can be used to help health managers identify health inequalities, record changes to patient catchment areas, carry out […]
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CfH to examine health and social care links
Plans to examine how links between electronic health and social care records could be made to work are to be considered by Connecting for Health this month, according to Community Care magazine. CfH’s national board is due to consider proposals on how a sub-group of the Care Record Development Board may look at linking records […]
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