EMIS and INPS plan integrated IT system
Leading GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS are to join forces with out-of-hours IT supplier Adastra to develop an integrated IT system aimed at Lord Darzi’s GP-led health centres. The three companies announced their plans today as Lord Darzi prepares to launch his 10-year plan to modernise the NHS. Darzi’s interim report published in October […]
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Wiltshire PCT deploys new e-referral system
Clinicians at Wiltshire PCT are now able to electronically refer patients to local primary care services using a new system called Access to Care, provided by Quicksilva. Access to Care is described as a clinical communication hub, which allows GPs and other healthcare professionals to refer patients to local services, such as community nurses and […]
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EMIS launches care integration projects
GP systems supplier EMIS has announced two new projects which will help to ensure care is fully informed and correctly delivered. Using their web-based software EMIS Web, the company is launching pilots, focused on integrating its primary care records software with other systems in two locations. In Gateshead, out-of-hours staff using Adastra systems will be […]
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CfH says SCR audit trails ‘clunky’
Connecting for Health has acknowledged the audit trail facility in the first Summary Care Record pilots ‘has been clunky’, after minutes from the board of Bolton PCT expressed concerns over the functionality. Problems are reported with the time required to review audit trail alerts – created by the SCR system. In official minutes, a member of Bolton PCT’s SCR board branded […]
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Adastra links with Map of Medicine
Out-of-hours clinicians using the Adastra system can now access the Map of Medicine clinical reference tool directly from Adastra’s On-line Clinician module. Adastra and Informa have completed a joint development project which enables clinicians working out of hours to have integrated access to the Map of Medicine. Clinicians highlight the word or words within Adastra […]
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Visually impaired clinicians needed to develop solution
Out-of-hours IT provider Adastra is looking for visually impaired doctors and nurses who would be interested in helping to develop an IT solution to enable visually impaired clinicians to return to practice. A pilot project looking at the creation of an interface between Adastra’s urgent care case management systems and an aural utility called JAWS […]
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Welsh health IT ‘Wizards’ set different path to England
The NHS Wales IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that it has successfully deployed its first system, an out-of-hours GP summary care record system launched in December. The GP out-of-hours system in Gwent was implemented by Graphnet Health working together with Adastra software. The project which took six months cost just £200,000. The Graphnet developed summary care […]
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System failure
How much did the recent case of Penny Campbell, who died after speaking to eight out-of-hours doctors, have to do with how clinical information was kept? EHIPC investigates.
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NHS Grampian to get in-car telemedicine
Adastra Software has won a tender to supply its unscheduled care case management software to NHS Grampian, and to provide 12 in-car mobile data terminals. The terminals will run the remote module, Aremote, enabling clinicians to send and receive secure patient information wherever they might be. The contract aims to drive efficiency and reduce data errors by […]
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South Worcestershire signs for Care Enhance Call Centre
South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust has selected an advanced call centre triage system for its GP out-of-hours (OOH) service which it also plans to use for remotely managing patients with long term conditions. The new system, called the Care Enhance Call Centre (CECC) will enable the out-of-hours service provider to triage any calls they receive directing callers to the […]
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