Two lines to combat GP cynicism – Jeavons
Connecting for Health’s director of service implementation, Richard Jeavons, has attributed GP cynicism about IT modernisation to the newspapes and reports from Parliament’s scrunineer of public spending, the National Audit Office. After speaking at the New Frontiers conference in London this week, Jeavons was asked by a GP clinical lead how cynical colleagues who have […]
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Products launched with too little testing, say IT heads
More than two thirds (68%) of IT managers around Europe think too many products and services are launched with insufficient testing, according to research by the IT services company, Logica CMG. NHS trust managers were included in the respondents to the survey which found that, while organisations claim that software testing is a strategically important […]
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PCT safety culture needed to prevent errors
A lack of understanding about IT systems and a failure to establish a safety culture are to blame for the publication of confidential information about 92 patients by a primary care trust, according to an investigation into the error. Melton, Rutland and Harborough PCT accidentally included identifiable information on 92 patients in its board papers […]
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GE to buy IDX for £681 million
General Electric Co.’s healthcare unit is to buy US health IT software supplier IDX Systems Corp. in a deal worth $1.2 billion (£681 million). GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, and IDX Systems Corporation announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire IDX. The deal is […]
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CfH approaches 2,000th deployment
Connecting for Health’s (CfH) latest deployment figures indicate that almost 2,000 systems had been deployed by the programme as of the beginning of September. The figure represents an increase of over 800 deployments since the beginning of August, reaching a grand total of 1,864. However, a closer reading of the figures reveals that almost all […]
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Accreditation for e-prescription service software
Pharmacy software specialist, Systems Solutions, has received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health to transmit prescriptions electronically through N3, the NHS network. Systems Solutions’ announced that its flagship patient medication record (PMR) system, QicSCRIPT, which is currently live in over 1,200 Boots stores, was awarded the “Technical Authority to Deploy” certificate this week. It successfully […]
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Adults with learning difficulties excluded
The first national survey of adults with learning difficulties in England has highlighted the extent to which they face hardship and social exclusion, with often little control over aspects of their lives such as where and how they live. The survey focused on what life is like for people with learning difficulties, including where they […]
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Private practice management system launched
A new practice management system for the private healthcare sector has been launched by PHF Services Ltd, designed to reduce the administrative load on consultants in the private sector. Virtual Practice Management is described as a comprehensive administration package including incorporating diary management, transcription and financial services that can help consultants maximise their private […]
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Speech recognition helps King’s meet cancer target
Speech recognition technology has helped produce a 50% reduction in diagnostic reporting times according to a report of a recent cancer treatment trial at King’s College Hospital, London. The trial, conducted by the South East London Cancer Network, was designed to find a solution that would reduce report creation times to meet NHS waiting time […]
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GP system choice being blocked and mocked
A Hertfordshire IT manager reported that he was laughed at when he told his local service provider (LSP) that he wanted to use an EMIS computer system rather than the two systems offered routinely in his area. The position apparently flies in the face of a pledge in March from John Hutton, then health minister, […]
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