BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists
One small step for Lorenzo
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has given Lorenzo a soft landing. Lyn Whitfield went to see it in action.
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Chester aims at discharge summary target
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has introduced software from Medisec to meet NHS targets for the delivery of discharge summaries. The system allows the trust to know when clinical correspondence has been delivered to GPs, helping it to meet targets in the NHS standard contract. This says that trusts must deliver discharge summaries to […]
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First ever record standards to improve discharge summaries
Getting records up to standard
NHS Connecting for Health and the Royal College of Physicians talk about the new standards issued for records in the NHS.
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GPs say lack of discharge data puts patients at risk
One in four GPs has seen patient safety put at risk in the past six months because hospitals have failed to provide adequate discharge summaries, according to the NHS Alliance. The Alliance says the results of its third annual survey on patient discharge information were particularly disapppointing since a new NHS Standard Contract was introduced […]
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Healthcare Interoperability Preview
Walsall begins in-house e-discharge project
Walsall Manor Hospital has begun the first stage of an in-house electronic discharge summary project, designed to increase communication between the hospital and local GP practices. Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust’s associate director of IT business change, Maggie Craddock, said: “This was something we chose to do in-house in advance of the national NHS Connecting for […]
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SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans
The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to the Department of Health. Its newly-launched End of Life Care Strategy recommends that all end of life care providers have access to N3 and the SCR. The strategy outlines the ways in which information technology […]
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Discharge letter targets will create two-tier care
The NHS Alliance claims government targets for discharge letters will create a two tier system on a critical patient safety issue because the obligation will not apply to most foundation trusts. The organisation, which represents PCTs and GP practices, has been campaigning to improve the timeliness and quality of discharge summaries and last year called […]
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