NHS Wales Launches Online Jobs Service
The NHS in Wales has launched a jobs service which brings health service vacancies together on a single web site. The site allows users to search for jobs by category, organisation, salary, hours, keywords and geographical area in Wales. It is open to existing NHS staff who want to change jobs and to the public. […]
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New Portal Opens Doors to ECDL
A new web portal for NHS staff offering basic skills training in IT and preparation for the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) will go live on March 21. The NHS Information Authority says the new portal, at http://www.ecdl.nhs.uk , will provide staff who need to improve their IT skills with a range of resources including […]
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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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Kaiser Permanente Aims for E-Health within Three Years
Kaiser Permanente, the second biggest integrated health delivery organisation in the US, has announced that it will invest $1.8 billion in advanced ICT systems including electronic medical records, electronic appointment booking, electronic prescription refills and referral requests. The programme represents one of the largest and most ambitious implementations of electronic medical records yet seen, in […]
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Broadband Upgrade for NHSnet Signed
The NHS has signed a contract with BT and C&W to provide broadband upgrades to NHSnet, the NHS’s private data network. The total value of the contract between BT and the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) for the upgraded network is £168m. Funded by the NHSIA, the upgrades will give every GP practice a 256Kbs fixed […]
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US Physicians Sceptical IT Can Cut Medical Errors
A new US study has highlighted a major gap between the strategies recommended by medical error experts to reduce errors, and the views of physicians and members of the public. Relatively few US physicians identified increased use of IT as a very effective part of strategies to reduce medical errors in hospitals. Keynote studies, such […]
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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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NHS ‘Numbers for Babies’ Goes Live
A new computerised ‘numbers for babies’ system went live across the NHS at midnight on 29 October, marking a significant step towards the goal of electronic patient records. Starting today all babies born in England and Wales are to be issued with an NHS number at birth, helping to ensure that personal records are consistent […]
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Live Testing of NHS Electronic Staff Records Begins
The live testing of a new national pay and personnel system for the, was launched on Friday at University Hospital Birmingham by Health Minister, Lord Philip Hunt. The National Shared Services Initiative’s Electronic Staff Record (ESR) will deliver an integrated human resources and payroll system across England and Wales, replacing the range of outdated systems […]
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SW London Tackles Staff Recruitment Via the Internet
A new Internet-based workforce management system has been developed by the South West London Workforce Development Confederation (WDC) to promote job vacancies and match people to NHS jobs more effectively. The confederation is one of 27 new WDCs in England responsible for healthcare employment and training issues throughout their geographical areas. According to Parity, the […]
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