60 Seconds Interview: Neil Kirby
Continuing with our series of articles focusing on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez interviews Neil Kirby, an Electronic Patient Record pharmacist at the Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Mental health and midwifery leads to join CfH team
Connecting for Health is stepping up its clinical engagement drive with the appointment of new clinical leads for midwifery and mental health nursing and a planned mass distribution of key information about IT modernisation to nurses. Funding for the new clinical leads was announced yesterday (1 May) by the Department of Health’s chief nursing officer, Chris […]
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Medical Tablet PC launched by Intel
Intel, Motion Computing and NHS Connecting for Health have announced the launch of a new mobile computing device, designed from the ground up for use by clinicians in hospital and community environments. The Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) is lightweight rugged tablet PC with a built in carrying handle designed to withstand the knocks and spills […]
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iSoft wins pathology contract extensions
iSoft have secured three-year contract extensions to four of their NHS contracts for support and maintenance of its laboratory information systems (LIS) in a deal worth £2.7m. Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lothian, St Mary’s, Paddington, and Salford Royal Hospitals have all renewed their existing LIS contracts with the software provider. A spokesperson from iSoft told […]
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Ascribe buys Jade Health
Acquisitive Bolton-based health IT group Ascribe has bought Jade Health from Jade Software Corporation, extending its product into mental health, and providing it with a presence in the Australasian market. Jade Health provides IT solutions to 24 hospitals and health service organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
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Bluetooth ID badge handwashing monitor proposed
A team of academics, clinicians and computer scientists have developed a system that uses a Bluetooth-based wearable ID tag to monitor and log whether staff and vistors on an intensive care ward have washed their hands. The as-yet unnamed system was developed by clinicians at the University of Manchester and computer scientists at the University […]
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Divided opinions on clinical coding switch
Health information managers fear they may not have the resources to implement the new OPCS4.3 clinical coding system due to go live in April despite assurances from the NHS Connecting for Health project leads that the system is easy to learn and quick to use. A conference organised in London this week (28 February 2006) […]
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XML records improve diabetes care in Salford
Salford PCT has introduced an XML-based electronic diabetes care record system, allowing patients and health professionals alike full and easy access to information about their condition and treatment. The record data is sourced from GP and Acute clinical systems operated by EMIS, In Practice Systems and iSOFT, and is stored on a central repository in […]
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NHS Hits Practice E-mail Connectivity Target
The NHSIA has released the latest figures on levels of connection to NHSnet indicating that the national target to ensure 95% of GP practices have e-mail systems in place by March 2001 has already been achieved. According to new NHSIA figures by 24 October 2001 some 8495 (97%) of GP practices had an NHSnet line […]
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