Electronic staff record now biggest NHS payroll provider
The NHS Electronic Staff Record is now installed in over 150 sites across England after being implemented of the largest set of sites yet, and is now the largest payroll provider in the NHS, according to latest figures published by the DH. The third and largest wave of the project so far was completed this […]
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Targetting cancer
Acute trusts are successfully developing their own software and work practices to deal with the 62-day cancer waiting times target. Daloni Carlisle looks at a few examples.
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Choice? What choice?
Over a year since the announcement of GP system choice, many practices still only have one package to choose from. Fiona Barr investigates.
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Evidence in practice
Sally Hernando from Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire WDC explains a new project to get learning materials about NPfIT into the junior doctors’ curriculum.
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Cystic fibrosis patients test out mobile support
Encouraging early results have been seen in trials of a mobile device to support people living with the life-limiting genetic condition, cystic fibrosis. The system, which uses an electronic lung function meter connected to an Xda II from O2, a colour PDA with mini PC capability and a mobile handset an integrated device. The Xda II […]
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22 NHS organisations convert to shared services
The joint venture between outsourcing and technology specialists, Xansa ,and the Department of Health which offers shared finance and accounting services has attracted 22 NHS organisations since it started work. Xansa’s annual report says that since the joint venture, NHS Shared Business Services, was announced in October 2004, the number of NHS organisations using the financial and […]
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Evercare pilots highlight need for better data
Case management will not get off the ground unless PCTs, acute trusts and GPs improve their data management and quality, a report for the Department of Health has shown. The report by UnitedHealth Europe assessing its nine Evercare pilot sites funded by the DH last year uncovered significant issues with data quality and access to […]
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London NHS trust publishes cardiac death rates online
St George’s Hospital, in Tooting, London, has started publishing mortality data online for its cardiology department, along with details about complications and data for individual surgeons. The data is collected on a monthly basis from patient records, and is audited by a clinically-qualified database manager and in cardiology department meetings. Data adjusted for risk through […]
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Log on for a late night librarian
A project that gives health professionals late-night access to librarians’expertise by using an instant messaging (IM) link between the UK and Australia has won a prestigious International Information Industry Award. ‘Chasing the Sun’, a partnership between South West Information for Clinican Effectiveness (SWICE) and South Australian Health Services Libraries’ Consortium (SAHSLC), allows clinicians in one country […]
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Furore over £31 billion figure for NPfIT
Health minister, John Hutton, today dismissed as ‘speculation’ figures that suggest total implementation costs for the National Programme for IT could rise to £31 billion. “There is no evidence whatsoever that that this will be the cost of implementing the National Programme for IT," he told a Radio 4 interviewer. Pressed to say how much […]
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