Shedding light
E-Health Insider looks at documents released by NPfIT under FOI and describes how you can also make a request.
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Practices to get choice of any LSP primary care system
In a major change of direction all GP practices in England are to get a choice between all the accredited practice systems offered by any of the four local service providers within the NHS National Programme for IT. In a double announcement the Department of Health will today confirm – as first reported by EHI […]
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Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. Costs for implementing the strategy are estimated […]
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PACS judicial review refused
A legal challenge that had the potential to further delay the signing of PACS contracts in the North East and Eastern clusters has been turned down by the High Court. Fuji Photo Film (UK) Limited had applied for a judicial review of the procurement of PACS systems under the National Programme for IT. An NPfIT […]
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Shortlist announced for E-Health Innovation Awards
After an intense round of presentations and judging, the shortlist for the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 has been agreed. Winners have been chosen among the finalists listed below, but their names will not be revealed until the Awards ceremony and dinner on 21 April 2005. Compered by GP, writer and broadcaster, Dr Phil Hammond, the […]
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UCLH goes live
UCLH is the first to go live with Carecast from IDX; what can other trusts learn from the experience? E-Health Insider speaks to chief executive Robert Naylor.
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InPractice Systems set to sign for the South
Fujitsu Alliance, Local Service Provider for the Southern cluster, looks set to finalise contract negotiations with InPractice Systems to supply a version of its Vision 3 system as the ‘alternative’ GP software solution, E-Health Insider has learned. A communication from a Strategic Health Authority chief information officer in the South received by EHI last week […]
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Accenture’s LSP boss says delivery to ‘step up’
The managing director of Accenture’s health team has said that the pace of delivery in the North East and Eastern regions of the National Programme for IT is now set to step up a gear. Deployment of new systems and services to GPs, hospitals and mental health services by will have begun by Easter, he […]
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Fingers point the way forward for patient ID
A group of practices that won an IT innovations award have begun to install a fingerprint identification system that allows patients access to their own records. The Staffa Health Centre, Tibshelf, Derbyshire, became the first of the award-winning practices to install the Patient Electronic Records Systems (PAERS) last week. The system uses touch screen kiosk […]
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First NPfIT deployment plans released
The £6.2 billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has published a summary of its deployment plans for the first time, indicating what new IT systems are intended to be deployed to NHS organisations and by when, writes Jon Hoeksma. According to the plan, which is available here, deployment of hospital administration and clinical systems will begin […]
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