Paperless without a PAS
Sarah Bruce talks to Stephen Parsons, IM&T projects manager at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Consent back on LMCs’ agenda
Grassroots GPs are to return to the debate for an opt-in approach to the transfer of patient identifiable data and argue that implied consent is insufficient for the release of information on named patients. The outcome of the debate at next month’s national Local Medical Committees’ conference will be a sign of the current feeling […]
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Government’s CIO praises NHS progress
The government’s chief information officer has praised IT systems in the health sector but has highlighted the need to “drive value out of IT investments” throughout the recession. The comments come in the government’s latest Transformational Government progress report. In a year when the government spent £13.7 billion on IT, the report says the recession […]
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AHPs embrace Choose and Book
Yvonne Pettigrew, CfH’s national clinical lead for allied health professionals Use of Choose and Book for referrals to allied health professionals has risen by more than 500% in the last year, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. Referrals via Choose and Book increased from 1,000 a month a year ago to more than 5,000 a month […]
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Cerner embraces Wikinomics
US healthcare IT giant Cerner is getting set to embrace user innovation. Jeff Townsend, the man behind the initiative, spoke to Jon Hoeksma.
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: go live
Sarah Bruce catches up with Benenden Hospital’s deployment of an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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The NHS Number
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Julie Tindale, national clinical lead for the NHS Number Programme, discusses its use as a primary identifier.
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Practice managers embrace SCR
A survey into practice managers’ attitudes towards healthcare IT systems has found that they are generally in favour of IT innovations, including the NHS Summary Care Record. The survey, carried out by Management in Practice magazine, found that of 435 managers and associated GP staff who responded, 66% believed the SCR would benefit patients and […]
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Choose and Book usage rises to 54 per cent
Choose and Book is now being used for 54% of referrals for first outpatient appointments according to Connecting for Health. Dr Stephen Miller, Choose and Book medical director, said the Department of Health’s outturn figures for January showed a “significant rise” in use of the e-booking system. Dr Miller said the DH monthly outturn figures […]
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Trust loads C+B referrals manually
An NHS acute trust has been using staff to manually upload paper referrals to boost its Choose and Book performance against government targets. A report to the board of NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly says: “Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has been uploading paper referrals to the Choose and Book system to improve performance.” […]
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