New logo identifies safe online pharmacy
One in four GPs have treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought online, according to a survey. The poll of 483 GPs carried out by GP newspaper found that 25% reported treating patients for adverse reactions to drugs bought on the web and a further 8% said they may have done so. Dr Bill […]
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Tories would ‘end monopoly’ of NHS Choices
The Conservative Party would remove NHS Choices from Department of Health control and force it to compete on the same terms as other healthcare information providers. In a document promising An NHS Information Revolution to Save Lives, the party says NHS Choices is failing to get adequate information to managers, clinicians and patients and that […]
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Vascular pods from Telehealth Solutions
Telehealth Solutions has developed a series of ‘pods’ or touch-screen devices that it says can be used to support the national vascular checks programme. The government announced last year that it would begin rolling-out free vascular screening for 40-74 year-olds in April 2009. Primary Care Trusts have been told to develop their own informatics solutions to support […]
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CfH aims for 4 million HealthSpace users by 2014
NHS Connecting for Health says it is hoping to sign up 4m patients to its online personal health record HealthSpace by 2014. The ambitious target is understood to form part of the business case for HealthSpace, for which Treasury funding is being sought. Development plans for the patient portal are still awaiting Treasury approval. HealthSpace has […]
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Call to scrap ‘illegal’ NHS patient database
A quarter of all government databases, including NHS Detailed Care Records Service and NHS CRS Secondary Uses Service, are illegal and should be scrapped or redesigned, a major new report on government databases has claimed. Serious concerns are also raised about the NHS Summary Care Record Service, and its potential for abuse, with an independent […]
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IT vital to pharmacy progress
Use of the NHS Care Records Service by community pharmacists will be an essential part of the reform agenda for pharmacy services, health minister Phil Hope has said. The minister told the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s annual dinner that community pharmacy and the NHS were in a great position to move forward on a number […]
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Teenage clicks
At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category, sponsored by Fujitsu, for a new media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
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Scotland invests in telehealthcare
Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment. NHS Lothian and the Scottish Government are to jointly fund a £700,000 large scale telehealth trial that will cover 400 patients with long term conditions, using Intel’s Health Guide. In addition, the government and Atos […]
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HL7 UK on the road
HL7 UK is to hold a series of one day roadshows, featuring interoperability case studies and tutorials. The Case Studies in Integration roadshows in London, Birmingham and Leeds will discuss work that is happening now and the support that is available to trusts wanting to undertake integration projects. The full day events will give delegates […]
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IT given role in greener NHS
The NHS must make much greater use of telemedicine and web conferencing if it is meet new targets to slash its carbon footprint, according to a government strategy launched today. Saving Carbon Improving Health, outlines the government’s aim to cut carbon emissions in the NHS by 10% by 2015 and by 80% by 2050. The […]
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