IT training in core of proposed GP curriculum
Information management and technology should be a core part of the curriculum for training GPs, a blueprint on GP education has recommended. The Royal College of General Practitioners has drawn up a new draft curriculum covering 14 core areas which will come into force from August 2007. The curriculum will lead to the award of […]
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Online tool to promote NHS infection awareness
An online training tool to help all NHS staff understand infection control and make hospitals cleaner has been launched by chief nursing officer (CNO), Chris Beasley. Launching the new online tool at the Infection Control Nurses Association annual conference, the CNO said: “This innovative approach to training will mean hundreds and thousands of NHS staff […]
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QFLU will keep tabs on flu cases
Hundreds of GPs across Britain have signed up to contribute daily reports on flu cases to a new database that will help the government to plan for medical care and vaccine supplies this winter. As the Department of Health launched its annual campaign to encourage take up of free flu vaccinations for eligible groups, GP […]
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Universal CRS sheds bright light on old issues
Many of the questions raised by electronic records are not new, but their universal nature sheds a bright light on current practice, according to Harry Cayton, chair of the Care Record Development Board (CRDB). “You find some very murky and dusty areas of practice,” he added in a presentation to the New Frontiers conference on […]
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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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