Revamp of Chief Executives Information Forum Announced
The NHS Chief Executives Information Forum (CEIF), which has represented chief executives views, advice and input to the NHS information and IT agenda for the last four years, is to be re-constituted with a new membership. While the existing CEIF is acknowledged to have had an important role in developing the national NHS IT strategy, […]
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Ayr Hospital Uses Tablets for Prescribing
Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is leading the development of hospital e-prescribing in the Scottish NHS. One of the key issues they have faced is finding the right device to enable staff to enter and call up prescribing details on the wards and by the patient bedside. "We’ve had e-prescribing for the past […]
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Patient Communication Systems Launched
Bedside entertainment and communications systems for hospital patients have been officially launched at Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust. The wall-mounted patient terminals have been installed by private firm Patientline. The terminals will enable patients to use the web and email from their hospital beds, watch digital TV, listen to radio, as well as make and receive […]
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Gateway Review Recommends ICRS be put on Hold
The latest Office of Government Commerce (OGC) review of the business case for Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS), the central component of the National NHS IT Programme, is reported to have recommended that the project be put on hold. E-Health Insider understands from industry sources that the latest OGC Gateway Review, Gate One, identified major […]
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Newchurch Brings E-Scheduling to Primary Care
Primary care IT system supplier Newchurch Ltd has announced a partnership with Belgium-based electronic scheduling specialists UltraGenda, to incorporate its e-scheduling system into the Newchurch Primary Care Information Solution (PCIS). The integration of Ultragenda’s e-scheduling system into Newchurch’s PCIS will for the first time enable patients to schedule primary care appointments online, using an easy-to-use, […]
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IT Award for Pharmacists Launched
The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP), in association with First DataBank Europe have announced the launch of the First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists Information Technology Award. The aim of the new annual award, established with the Guild’s IT Interest Group, is to encourage, support and promote information technology initiatives and ‘Best Practice’ in the […]
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MedicDirect Launches Sports Health Channel
Leading UK health information website www.medicdirect.co.uk which currently supplies many of the leading Internet Service ’s and broadcasters including Tiscali, NTL, GMTV and AOL with much of their health channel content, have launched a new sports health and fitness channel www.medicdirectsport.com . Medicdirectsport provides a unique sports health and fitness resource, providing users with access to […]
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Panther Takes Aim at Citrix in Health
The DAT Group has launched to the healthcare market Panther Server 2002, as an affordable alternative to Citrix Metaframe, and has appointed Centrom as its exclusive partner for the healthcare IT market. Like Citrix, Panther is a new Enterprise Management Platform for remotely delivering and managing Windows-based applications to client desktops across a network. Leading […]
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Uncertainty Over London IT Chief’s Post
E-Health Insider has learned that in a surprise move it has been decided not to appoint a co-ordinating chief information officer for NHS IT across London. It had been expected that an appointment would be made last week for the new senior NHS IT post. Instead the selection panel, understood to include the new national […]
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Computerised Guidelines Show No Effect on Asthma and Angina Management
Computerised, evidence-based guidelines showed no effect on the management of adult asthma and angina patients in primary care, according to a study conducted in 60 general practices in north east England. The study reported in the British Medical Journal was conducted by researchers from Newcastle, Aberdeen and City Universities. It was a pragmatic cluster randomised […]
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