NHS contract delays hit TATA growth
Another commercial player in the National Programme for IT, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), has reported lower than average financial figures that confirm implementation delays. TCS, an international outsourcing firm headquartered in Mumbai, India, reported an unusual revenue slowdown in their European operations, which they attributed to delays in implementing core solutions within the NHS. TCS […]
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NHSU online learning forums may close
The future of the Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks (CHAINs), online forums for sharing research, ideas and event announcements, is in jeopardy pending the shutdown of the NHSU. A message sent to the group’s 4000 members explained that NHSU’s replacements, NILSI and the NHS Institute would not continue to support the service, and neither would […]
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LIGHT spreads from US to Europe
The Leadership in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) Online Resource Centre, a US-based coalition of health information and communications technology advocates, is expanding its focus into Europe and beyond, reports US correspondent Neil Versel. The eHealth Initiative (eHI), a not-for-profit organisation that promotes ICT as a means of improving healthcare quality and efficiency, this month debuted the LIGHT Online […]
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E-Health Innovation Awards winners announced
Health technology projects that help diabetic patients, speed up results reporting for X-rays and scans and deliver vital information for organ transplant teams were among the winning entries in the first E-Health Innovation Awards 2005. The awards, organised by Intellect and E-Health Insider, have been designed to highlight the application and use of innovative ICT […]
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E-Health Innovation awards honour primary care
Primary care IT developments were well represented among the winners of the first E-Health Innovation Awards 2005. Projects that help diabetic patients, support and improve the allied health professions’ community services and streamline booking for GP appointments were among the winners who stepped up to receive their trophies. The awards, organised by Intellect and E-Health […]
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Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine
Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. Speaking at the World Health Care Congress in Chantilly, France, he outlined his organisation’s $3 billion project to create a fully computerised information tool kit including an automated patient […]
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Online STD tests offer results and advice
A website has been set up by a sexual health foundation in San Francisco that allows men to order STD tests and receive results and medical counselling online. The site, aimed primarily at gay and bisexual men, is funded by the San Francisco Department of Health and was created by the non-profit organisation Internet Sexuality […]
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‘State of the art’ review of health IT announced
The National Patient Safety Research Programme has issued a call for a systematic review of internationally available research on the impact of information technology on the quality and safety of health services. In collaboration with NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), the NPSA’s Patient Safety Research Programme is calling for an analysis of the evidence for […]
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Delivery delays mount across the national programme
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in four of the five regions in England, with the biggest slippages occurring in delivering new integrated clinical systems to acute hospitals. As previously reported the delivery of new hospital systems in London and the South […]
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Doctors can order drug samples online
Online portal Doctors.net.uk have started a drug sampling service with , ‘iSample’, that will allow doctors to opt in to request free pharmaceutical stock online. Registered doctors on the site can register for the scheme, which is administered by Doctors.net.uk and medical data company Cegedim UK. They must then download and print off a sample […]
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