Bed management software may reduce cancelled ops
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a bed management system in order to reach their target of reducing cancelled operations by 5%. The ExtraMed Beds system is web-based, and the information can be accessed anywhere from the hospital. The trust is hoping that the ability to plan ahead for patients who need to be […]
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Txtg cn help u quit cigs
Texting young smokers on their mobile phones using personalised messages, could potentially help them quit, according to research published this month. A randomised controlled trial conducted in New Zealand found 28% of young smokers in an ‘active’ texting group gave up smoking after six weeks of messaging compared with 13% in a control group that […]
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Data mining can help epilepsy treatment
A study in the US has shown that computer software has proved to be useful in estimating the prevalence and mortality rates of patients with epilepsy, and that healthcare professionals can use such programs to work out where best to distribute resources. The paper, published in the journal Epilepsia, used data mining and analysis of […]
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Integrated IT system installed in central health lab
The Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Colindale, has completed the installation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) which enables automated results to be sent online and real-time statistical analysis. The software brings nine laboratories, including those which monitor bacterial infection, respiratory and neurological viruses and sexual health, each of which had a separately-developed […]
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Great Ormond Street selects JAC for drug management
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has signed a contract with JAC Computer Services, a division of US-based Mediware Information Systems, for the provision of medicine management software. The contract will deliver a computerised medicines management system to support the delivery of clinical-care processes associated with the prescribing and administration of medicines to children. […]
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New A&E system for Nottingham
Queen’s Medical Centre, part of University Hospital, Nottingham NHS Trust, has procured and implemented a new A&E system to track patients through the busy casualty department marking an important step towards the hospital’s goal of becoming paperless. The A&E system was supplied by Australian firm HASS, an iSOFT company, and is a system already in […]
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Release the pharmacists
Better application of technology could take the administrative burden away from hospital pharmacists, leaving them free to concentrate on patient care.
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Agenda for Change draft job profiles published
Job profiles for NHS health informatics staff, drawn up to meet the requirements of the national Agenda for Change pay structure, have been published for consultation this week. The staff organisations that co-operated on the profiles say they believe the new structure represents health informatics roles fairly, but they add that there will be jobs for […]
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Evening classes for electronic records?
Adult education courses to explain what the new electronic patient care record does and how it can be used in planning personal health choices are advocated in the government’s new white paper on public health. Buried beneath the headlines about smoking bans and combating obesity, the white paper, Choosing Health, says that as part of the drive […]
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NPfIT to offer NHS staff temporary roles within LSPs
The National Programme for IT is planning a ‘Supplier Attachment Scheme’ (SAS) that will allow NHS staff to ‘temp’ for LSPs in roles including change management, helpdesk support and staff training. “The roles will be of interest to a range of NHS staff with an interest in how IT can benefit the delivery of better patient […]
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