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E-Health Insider looks at the continuing work into robotics in healthcare being carried out by Imperial College, London.
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Finance software taken up by 150 trusts
Public Sector Costing Associates Limited (PSCAL) is celebrating signing up its 150th NHS customer to use its Payment by Results and Cost Management Systems. The company was formed in 2002 by IT consultants Sandra Black and Lizo Ngqobongwana, who responded to calls from NHS staff for a system to assist with the National Schedule of […]
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Health informaticians “embattled”, claims ASSIST
A survey by the Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has claimed that those working in health informatics suffer from low morale and feel they have been let down by Agenda for Change. Evaluation of healthcare informatics posts is inconsistent and pay uncompetitive, says ASSIST, and the formal establishment of healthcare […]
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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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Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing
Trusts are being urged to move forward faster with e-prescribing and the use of robotics to automate hospital pharmacies by the leader of the Healthcare Commission’s medicines management review. Review lead, Julia Sonander, was speaking to E-Health Insider following publication of comparative assessments on medicines management for all 173 acute hospital trusts in England. Eighteen hospital […]
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City Hospitals Sunderland rolls out e-prescribing
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out electronic prescribing throughout inpatient areas of the trust. The project required the specification and development of a new module by US vendor, Meditech, which has been extensively anglicised for the UK, plus a programme of business change by clinical staff. David Miller, business manager for pharmacy at […]
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Dutch trade mission for UK health IT suppliers
The Netherlands British Chamber of Commerce is organising a two day fact finding mission in February for British firms who want to find out more about selling into the fast-growing Dutch health ICT market. The trade mission is intended to be of assistance to British suppliers looking to export their products and services into the […]
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New medical students to face computer test
Many students applying to university to study medicine or dentistry will be required to undergo a 90-minute computer aptitude test as part of their course application. The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), which is being developed by a consortium of universities with testing company Pearson VUE, will affect students applying to 24 medicalschools nationwide, […]
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E-health not reaching full potential, says study
An industry study into the takeup of e-health technology within the UK has concluded that health professionals are not taking full advantage of what’s available to them, and that waiting for supporting infrastructure to be put in place by the National Programme for IT is not necessary. The study [PDF, 350K], undertaken by The E-Health Innovation […]
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National data quality review called for
The NHS needs a national overview of data quality and coding integrity as the Payment by Results regime gathers pace, the NHS Confederation is set to argue. A discussion paper to be sent out to members of the confederation – which represents 92 per cent of NHS organisations in the UK – argues that the […]
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