Lesson from history
A radio programme looked back at the progress of the National Programme for IT. Linda Davidson tuned in.
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Summary Care Record launched in Bolton
The first 48,500 summaries of patient records have been uploaded to the NHS Spine and out-of-hours staff in the Bolton pilot area will start using them over the next few weeks.
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Chairman reveals his iSoft low point
iSoft chairman, John Weston, has revealed he reached the lowest point in his tenure at the healthcare software company when apparent accounting irregularities came to light. In an interview with the Financial Times, Weston recalls his personal nadir in the iSoft saga. In July 2006 he was just six weeks into the job when newly-appointed […]
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Mid Cheshire switch to Ascribe e-prescribing
Pharmacists at the Mid Cheshire NHS Hospitals Trust have started using a web-based e-pharmacy system from Ascribe to fully automate the department and integrate with existing systems. The system, called Web Pharmacy, connects information throughout the pharmacy department, between prescribing, pharmacy and administration processes, including stock management and finance. Ascribe’s executive chairman, Stephen Critchlow, told […]
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Liverpool Women’s moves to single sign-on
All members of staff at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust will soon be able to use their hospital entry cards as single sign-on smartcards to all hospital IT applications. Working with identity and access management specialists, Imprivata, the trust wanted to stop their IT helpdesk being called up on a daily basis to reset passwords […]
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CRS delayed MRSA patients being isolated
Problems with the Care Records System installed at Buckingham Hospitals NHS Trust resulted in delays to potentially infectious patients with MRSA not being isolated. The problem arose as after the new system was turned on historic infection control alerts then had to be manually entered onto the system in the six weeks following go-live The […]
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Celebrity’s details illicitly viewed by NHS staff
Reports that the records of a celebrity were illicitly viewed by over 50 members of staff at an NHS hospital look set to further fan fears about the confidentiality of patient records in the NHS Care Records Service now under development. Ironically, the incident was cited in board papers for North Tees Primary Care Trust only […]
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‘No alternative’ to MTAS system likely for 2008
Remedy UK, the group set up in the wake of the junior doctors’ job crisis earlier this year, has called for a return to a paper-based, local system for the 2008 round of recruitment to training posts. But the BMA has warned that there may be no alternative but to use the widely discredited MTAS […]
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Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record
Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The Health Committee has heavily criticised both the Department of Health and Connecting for Health for confusion about what will be included in the SCR and what the record will be used for. In their enquiry […]
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Gloucestershire adopts MSoft’s blood tracking
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented MSoft’s blood tracking solution to provide tracking and accountability for all transfusions. The first phase of the project, code named ‘Bloodhound’ by the trust, has already gone live in the haematology and oncology units serving both Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The system interfaces with the trust’s […]
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