Hacker fears close NHS Appraisal website
The NHS Appraisal Toolkit has been taken offline for almost a month following concerns about its vulnerability to hackers. The toolkit, which was established nine years ago, was taken down at 4pm on Tuesday afternoon after “routine testing” showed that certain aspects are “not sufficiently robust to withstand modern day hacking.” In a statement the Department […]
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At least four southern trusts plan for Lorenzo
At least four hospitals in the South of England intend to implement Lorenzo, according to informatics plans, with community and mental health trusts taking systems from both TPP and CSE-Servelec. In NHS South Central, several hospital trusts that have yet to receive a system under the National Programme for IT in the NHS appear to be planning […]
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GPs to be revalidated online
All GPs will be expected to complete an electronic portfolio for revalidation from April 2010, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners guide to revalidation published this week.
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NHS failing on offering patients choice
The NHS is failing to offer patients a choice of hospital for their outpatient appointments with barely 10% of primary care trusts achieving national targets on choice. According to the Healthcare Commission’s detailed annual appraisal of how the NHS is performing against national targets, the service is failing to deliver patient choice, including stubbornly low levels […]
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Encouraging results from 2D barcoded scripts in Wales
A community pharmacy and GP practice in west Wales are testing the use of 2D barcoded prescriptions for use in the electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP). The Welsh Community Pharmacy IM&T Programme, which has been running the trial since April, says early results have been very encouraging. The ETP programme in Wales, known as 2DRx, […]
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Diabetes prescribing decision support tool launched
A new computerised prescribing decision support tool that will provide healthcare professionals with patient-specific, evidence-based support in the management of Type 2 diabetes will be launched today by academics at Keele University. The tool has been developed by the university’s Department of Medicines Management and delivers tailored management recommendations by cross-referencing individual patient profiles with […]
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Agreement reached on CHIA replacement
Ten London primary care trusts using BT’s troubled interim child health system have agreed to move to CSE-Servelec’s RiO solution for child health, on condition BT meets a series of risk mitigation requirements by August. The decision means that some of the PCTs may have to continue using the Child Health Interim Application (CHIA) for […]
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Caution urged in interpreting ‘outlier’ data
Ninety consultant teams in England are statistical outliers by the standards used in the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry, according to a data analysis conducted by Professor Sir Brian Jarman. However he says extreme caution should be applied in interpreting the results because there could well be scientifically credible explanations. Professor Jarman, the inventor of the hospital standardised […]
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Troubled child health system to be replaced
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) looks set to replace an interim child health information system deployed in London last year and has already halted plans to extend it to include a community module. It has also emerged in a leaked letter, seen by E-Health Insider Primary Care, that a review of the problematic system has revealed […]
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CBT pilots to include computer therapies
EHI Primary Care has learned that the Department of Health is preparing to include the use of computer software as part of new pilots of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression in London and Yorkshire. The announcement follows the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s independent appraisal committee clearing Beating the Blues, a CD-ROM and web-based ‘talking therapy’ programme, […]
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