GP wins award for recall system
Dr Lorna Dunlop, GP at Riverview Medical Centre, Johnstone has won the IT Innovation Award for Best Use of IT in Practice at the Scottish Clinical Information Management in Practice (SCIMP) conference for her eponymous Dunlop Recall Management programme. The system helps to co-ordinate care around chronically ill patients, through an electronic system to monitor […]
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Compulsory cleaning keyboard battles MRSA
A new keyboard that reminds its user that it needs to be cleaned regularly has been developed by scientists at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), with backing from NHS Connecting for Health. The Advanced Input Systems Medigenic keyboard, which is claimed could cut cases of the MRSA superbug by up to […]
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Specialists dispute keyword changes for C+B
A dispute between specialists and the Department of Health over use of keywords for Choose and Book clinic types has led the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) to recommend that consultants do not populate their directories of services. Dr Andrew Bamji, the society’s president, said that he and other members spent the last year drawing up […]
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Telehealth must get smarter, says report
A new report calling for ‘more intelligence at the core of healthcare IT systems’ claims that while the current e-health model supports the collection of a limited range of vital signs data, they are not clever enough to carry out vital patient diagnosis. Wireless technology firm Wireless Healthcare claims telehealth devices lack the intelligence to […]
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Cheshire tests telehealth vital signs monitor
Two Cheshire care agencies have teamed up with a housing trust to pilot the Genesis machine, a new telehealth product that monitors patients with long term conditions from home. Cheshire County Council Social Services Department and Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust have partnered with Weaver Vale Housing Trust in the venture. Weaver Vale, which manages […]
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London Ambulance computer crashes nine times
London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio, due to their computer system crashing nine times in the last fortnight. The system is supposed to feed emergency calls into a computer, and automatically alert the nearest ambulance. However an unspecified technical problem has […]
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CMO highlights e-health initiatives
A new programme using e-mail alerts, chat rooms and on-line notice boards has been developed to fight “consistently high” levels of obesity in the East Midlands. The programme is highlighted in the annual report of the chief medical officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. He said the same issue was highlighted in last year’s report as […]
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Major Multilex DDF update to support CfH requirements
First Databank Europe (FDBE) has completed a major upgrade to its Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) to include integration of SNOMED-CT and the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (NHS dm+d). FDBE says the new release is designed to support customers in meeting NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) requirements, including the National Care Records […]
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Online clinical incident reporting cuts admin
A primary care trust has deployed a web-based reporting tool to log clinical incidents in real time. Last month 64% of incidents were logged online and the trust says deployment of the system is already significantly reducing the administrative and managerial burden of reporting clinical incidents and has led to closer working between the clinical governance […]
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Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems
The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not a single hospital has yet received a new system, and a leading obstetrician has warned that the delays are creating potential “clinical risks” to mothers and children. The lengthy delays to maternity software are causing […]
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