No routine use of SCR at Bolton A+E
Royal Bolton Hospital’s A&E department is viewing the Summary Care Record on a doctor-request basis only, according to an NHS Connecting for Health benefits assessment.
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SCR access widens again
Community pharmacists, end of life care teams and ambulance staff will gain access to the Summary Care Record in a series of pilot projects over the next few months, NHS Connecting for Health has revealed. The expansion in the types of NHS staff who can access the SCR will be piloted in early adopter primary […]
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Quiz of the Year
IT’s the EHI quiz of the year!
Do you know which husky slayer went off down under in 2008? And if that’s too easy, do you know which Bolton Wander’s fan made it onto a list of the 50 most influential people in healthcare this year? If you do – and you also know your PAC from your PACS, can remember how […]
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CSC selects InterSystems for trust integration
Computer Sciences Corporation is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems. CSC, the local service provider for the North East and Midlands regions in England’s NHS National Programme for IT, has selected Ensemble as the standard trust integration engine (TIE). The Ensemble TIE will include pre-built […]
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Bolton moves to online pharmacy system
Actor Dave Spikey helps launch Bolton’s new robotic dispensing system. The Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, has upgraded its electronic prescribing system to the Ascribe Web Pharmacy system, and invested in a new robotic dispensing system. To be delivered over three months, the system was launched by Phoenix Nights actor and Bolton […]
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System C launches consultancy business
System C healthcare has launched a new consultancy, Perigon Consulting, intended to help NHS organisations focus on improving services to patients through innovative clinical practice and associated business efficiencies. Perigon, which will operate as a division of System C, has been created by merging Perigon Healthcare, an existing independent healthcare consulting partnership, specialising in ‘future […]
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Bolton meet integration needs with InterSystems
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration platform in an effort to connect all its hospital systems to its iSoft iPM patient administration system. The trust went to tender for technology to meet its local integration needs and address the integration requirements associated with its National Programmed for IT systems. Bolton chose […]
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CfH launches new Summary Care Record film
Connecting for Health has produced a new film detailing the experiences of patients and clinicians in the Summary Care Record (SCR) early adopter areas. The film, entitled ‘Summary Care Records: The Story So Far’ expands on literature already available to NHS patients and staff on the Care Records Service website. The video features interviews with […]
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Four-fifths of doctors say electronic record insecure
Four-fifths of doctors are concerned that current plans for patients’ health records to be available from a central database – the summary care record – will make them insecure, according to a survey for the Times. Asked what level of confidence they had that central health records will be secure, 80% of GP respondents said […]
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