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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GP choice in IT systems debated
A senior officer from the National Programme for IT said he would have failed and the programme would have failed if a GP was asked to move to an inferior IT system. Duncan McNeil, director of the Design Authority, made his statement at Healthcare Computing 2004 as the last word in a question and answer […]
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Agency due to lead NHS IT change management scrapped
The Government is to scrap the NHS Modernisation Agency (MA), the agency charged with delivering the change management programme that is meant to accompany the new computer systems to be delivered by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The MA, which has 760 staff and a £230 million budget, was meant to be responsible for […]
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EHR roll-out underway across Wirral
NHS organisations on the Wirral have announced plans to push ahead with the roll-out of an ambitious health community-wide electronic health record (EHR) programme at least two years ahead of the national NHS Care Records Service. The new EHR project builds on the solid foundations laid by NHS organisations in the Wirral, which have been […]
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An extra £30m announced for primary care IT
Health Minister John Hutton has announced that an extra £30 million is to be made available to ensure general practice IT systems are ready for the implementation of the new GP contracts this April. A Department of Health (DoH) Spokesperson told E-Health Insider that the new money had been made available following representations from Primary […]
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Disclosure: a key issue for Caldicott Guardians in 2004
The UK’s 1,000 plus Caldicott Guardians, champions for data protection in the NHS and social care, have a packed agenda for 2004 and a new group, the UK Council of Caldicott Guardians, to support them. E-Health Insider talked to the NHS Information Authority’s guardian, DrJanine Brooks, who is helping to set up the council . Speaking […]
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Walsall and Orion work on heart failure pathways
Walsall Primary Care Trust and Orion Systems have been chosen to produce a national demonstrator system for the electronic support of care delivery to heart failure patients. The development follows on from previous successful collaborations on IT to support the coronary heart disease national service framework (NSF) pathways for myocardial infarction and stroke rehabilitation. The […]
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Reader Comment: Planning… What Planning?
Last week E-Health Insider ran a report on leaked guidance from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to chief information officers that there would be no allocations from the national programme to local NHS organisations beyond the current financial year. We asked readers how they are planning for implementation of the NPfIT locally, and what […]
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Granger Confirms Centre to Allocate LSP Contracts
With the shortlist for LSPs announced this week, barely a year after the procurement process for the NPfIT began, Richard Granger, NHS IT director-general, has reiterated that the final decision on LSP contract awards will be made centrally. In an interview with E-Health Insider, Mr Granger, confirmed that the decisions on award of the five […]
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XML Special Focus: e-Booking for GP Special Interest Clinics
Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) faced the common problem of long waiting times for hospital dermatology appointments, but also realised it had an asset in the shape of three local GPs with particular expertise in the specialty. Head of IM&T, Dave Shovlin takes up the story: “The GPs, together with the lead for Dermatology […]
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