‘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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Combative Granger defends speed of IT reform
Richard Granger, Director General of NHS IT, has hit back at critics of his approach to implementing the national programme, saying that patient safety and the fast pace of technology continue to be the main drivers for driving change. Speaking yesterday at the Government Computing Exhibition and Conference 2004, Earls Court, Granger emphasised the benefits […]
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NPSA introduces intelligent incident analysis system
The National Patient Safety Agency has awarded the contract for its new analysis and content management to the Cambridge-based software company, Autonomy. The software, also called Autonomy, is integrated into the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS). It uses an ‘intelligent data operating layer’ to filter different kinds of media such as text, audio and video […]
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GP systems need to improve safety features, says NPSA
The safety features of computing systems currently in use in about three quarters of UK general practices have clinically important deficiencies, according to research funded by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). Researchers writing in the British Medical Journal say that all four of the systems tested may fail to signal a warning when a GP user might […]
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FDBE aims to cut drug dosing errors
First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has announced that it is working with the National Patient Safety Agency on a project to improve the safety of patients on drugs requiring unusual dosage regimes. The NPSA, established as a Special Health Authority in July 2001, aims to improve the safety of patients taking oral methotrexate by incorporating new, […]
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