InPS launches new self check-in solution
The latest self-service check-in technology is now available for practices using In Practice Systems’ Vision 3.0. Billed as the ‘next generation touch screen patient self check-in solution’ the new X-Touch software was launched by In Practice Systems (InPS) at Healthcare Computing last week in Harrogate. Developed with information display specialists, Jayex Technology, X-Touch software is […]
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Legal issues with GP data transfer mooted at HC2005
GPs who move their electronic patient record data to new systems may have to keep the old ones running concurrently for legal reasons, it was suggested at the primary care forum at Healthcare Computing 2005. Dr Glyn Hayes, chair of the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum, who spoke at the ‘Primary Care in the world […]
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Remote monitoring for heart patients in Newham
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust has officially launched a telemedicine service that allows patients to self-monitor their conditions from their homes. The Service Transformation Redesign and Innovation Project (STRIP) consists of a touch-screen connected to a web server on the NHS site, and allows staff to monitor the vital signs of a patient remotely. The […]
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NPfIT’s new name already taken
The announcement that the NHS National Programme for IT is to become Connecting for Health appears to have immediately run into teething problems with its chosen name already owned by a US health IT research foundation. A simple Google search reveals that Connecting for Health is a registered service mark of the Markle Foundation www.connectingforhealth.org, […]
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Practices to get choice of any LSP primary care system
In a major change of direction all GP practices in England are to get a choice between all the accredited practice systems offered by any of the four local service providers within the NHS National Programme for IT. In a double announcement the Department of Health will today confirm – as first reported by EHI […]
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Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. Costs for implementing the strategy are estimated […]
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Hutton departure wounded NPfIT, says researcher
Many difficulties suffered by the National Programme for IT can be traced back to when Professor Peter Hutton resigned as chair of the National Clinical Advisory Board (NCAB), according to research being presented at Healthcare Computing 2005. Matthew Guah, a doctoral researcher for the Operations Research & Informations Warwick Business School, insists that many problems […]
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NPfIT to jettison its name…and some suppliers
The National Programme for IT is to change its name to Connecting for Health, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced today. Speaking at Healthcare Computing 2005 in Harrogate, Granger explained that Connecting for Health was "what we are about". But the re-branding will not disguise some harsh realities for suppliers to the programme some of […]
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Choose and Book need not stop PBC, say GPC
Concern over Choose and Book should not prevent GPs from getting involved with practice based commissioning, the British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee (GPC) has said. The GPC has issued new guidance on practice based commissioning (PBC) in which it says that despite some recently introduced disincentives, including Choose and Book, it believes there are […]
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Only six GP practices connected to NHS Spine
Only six GP practices are currently connected to the national spine, a month after a rapid roll out was expected to have started. The small numbers appear to reflect GPs’ continuing scepticism over whether LSP-hosted services provide additional flexibility and functionality or increased reliability. Accenture has not added another practice to its Spine-connected primary care […]
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