One in ten hospital episodes miscoded
Almost one in ten hospital episodes is incorrectly coded, according to an analysis carried out by the Audit Commission. The spending watchdog’s analysis of more than 50,000 episodes of care, equating to approximately £73m of expenditure under Payment by Results, found an average error rate of 9.4% – with error rates across trusts ranging from […]
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Fujitsu said to be preparing £700m LSP claim
Fujitsu may be preparing to seek up to £700m in compensation from the Department of Health for the termination of its £1.1 billion NHS IT contract in May. The Japanese company had its contract cancelled by NHS Connecting for Health after year-long contract re-negotiations to deliver new electronic patient record systems more flexibly broke down. Fujitsu […]
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South Manchester selects Imprivata for SSO
GE PACS system with Imprivata’s OneSign SSO technology University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Imprivata OneSign for single sign-on, including fast user switching capabilities. Around 4,500 of the trust’s staff will eventually be given access to the OneSign Platform, which will speed up access to patient information and provide full audit […]
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Yorkshire HIS audits software assets electronically
The Health Informatics Service, which provides IT services to 12 healthcare organisations across South West Yorkshire, can now electronically audit all the software and devices in its area, using the Centennial SAM.Suite. IM&T portfolio manager, Neil Asling, told E-Health Insider that manual audits were taking engineers weeks to complete and the service was unable to […]
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NHS Informatics Review says trusts need ‘interim’ systems
NHS trusts are to get support, and in some cases may get national funding, to select and install “interim” systems as a result of the NHS Informatics Review.
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We live in digital times
Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it is to last another 60 years.
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Berkshire gets CfH help desk accreditation
HP Service Desk Berkshire Shared Services has gained Connecting for Health accreditation to enable it to handle IT-related technical problems over the two primary care trusts and 12 community hospitals it serves. The accreditation means that the group has been approved to manage incidents directly as opposed to clients having to contact the national service […]
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Lorenzo slipped ‘months ago’ say reports
A confidential report on the development of iSoft’s Lorenzo system has revealed delivery deadlines actually slipped several months ago, according to national media coverage. The Guardian newspaper and Computer Weekly magazine claim a leaked report produced by CSC, local service provider to the North, Midlands and East Programme for IT clearly states deadlines laid out […]
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CfH overlooks the present at Smart Healthcare
NHS Connecting for Health’s presence at this week’s Smart Healthcare expo left many attendees disappointed. Chief operating officer, Gordon Hextall, and national clinical director, Dr Mark Davies, were unexpectedly absent, and their stand-ins had little to say about current concerns. Hextall pulled out of Tuesday’s stream – ‘Leading transformational change in the NHS’ – which […]
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Negotiations over £143m Fujitsu advance continue
Questions about advance payments made to Fujitsu by NHS Connecting for Health are still to be resolved, as discussions on contract termination continue between the two parties. Figures submitted to the National Audit Office on 31 March showed that Fujitsu received £370m out of £1.3billion of advance payments from CfH, but were to repay £143m. […]
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