EMIS implements single system for three Manchester PCTs
General practice system supplier EMIS has announced that it has completed the successful implementation of PCS Enterprise, its remotely hosted Primary Care Trust (PCT)-wide clinical system, at 34 GP practices within the three Manchester Primary Care Trusts GPs at the 34 Manchester practices, which fall within North, South and Central Manchester PCTs, are using PCS […]
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NHS Direct to provide BMJ’s ‘Best Treatments’
Thanks to a deal between the British Medical Journal and Department of Health millions of patients will be able to get expert advice on common medical conditions from NHS Direct Online. Under the new deal information from the BMJ’s ‘Best Treatments’ will now be included on NHS Direct Online. Over six million individuals visited NHS […]
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Scottish Waiting List Database Full of Errors
A waiting times database set up by the Scottish NHS to provide patients with faster access to treatment has come under fire for containing serious errors. According to a 23 February report in Scotland on Sunday the new system seriously understates the delay facing some hospital patients. The article says that in one case the […]
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Under 16s Database Recommendation from Climbie Inquiry
A recommendation that the government should actively explore the benefit to children of setting up a database on all under 16s has come from the Victoria Climbie Inquiry published this week. The inquiry report says that within the next two years a feasibility study and a pilot study should be conducted on an under 16s […]
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e-Lock Secures UK Drug Database Samples
Samples in the UK’s leading comprehensive drug identification database are kept secure by E-lock, rather than old style locks and keys. The database, kept at St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, contains 17,000 samples of tablets and capsules ranging from illicit drugs to herbal remedies and even confectionery that may be mistaken for drugs. Sound […]
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Care Pathways Database Added to NELH
A list of over 2,000 care pathways, in use or under development in over 200 NHS organisations, has been added to the National electronic Library for Health (NeLH) in a new care pathways database. The new database is intended to help cut down on duplication of effort, improve collaboration and speed up the implementation of […]
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