NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’
David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a ‘pivot position’ and that the DH would not tolerate continued delays.
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Hard Times?
What does this week’s pre-budget report mean for the NHS and its IT? Fiona Barr investigates.
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Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings
Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced yesterday. The savings form part of the emergency measures set out in the pre-budget report designed to kick-start the British economy, which is predicted to be heading into a deep recession. Government borrowing will […]
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Left to their own devices?
An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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Royal Free says £7.2m deficit due to Cerner
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has reported a £7.2 m deficit due mainly to problems with the Cerner Millennium Care Records System.
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Eye care aided by new online model
Dr Steve Hajioff, PHAST, Andy Derrick, Managing Director, Motive Technology Jo Amos, Marketing Manager, Motive Technology Dave Doherty, Motive Technology. A new online prevalence model for four major eye conditions promises to help UK health planners and clinicians improve patient services and anticipate changes when new treatments become available. The National Eye Health Epidemiological Model […]
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Scotland commits to incremental e-health
The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.
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Scottish doctors angry over e-health cuts
Doctors at the Scottish BMA conference have expressed concerns over the Scottish government’s decision to cut £5m from the e-health budget earlier this year. The move, which was announced by the government in February in order to recruit more police officers, has angered Scottish doctors, who say it could endanger patients. Dr Stuart Scott, chairman […]
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Victoria suffers Cerner and iSoft delays
A large-scale Australian health IT project, using the same two key software suppliers as the NHS IT programme, is two years late, having been launched four years ago. An independent review says the project will not be completed by the planned 2009 deadline, which had already been pushed back from an original 2007 deadline. The […]
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Wales extends use of emergency care record
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has announced that it is to pilot an extension of the emergency care record, officially titled the Individual Health Record (IHR), to include use in a hospital medical admissions units. From next week, Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, who piloted the initial system, will test the expanded component in […]
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