Lorenzo CRS solution delayed until late 2007
The delivery of the strategic Care Record Service solution in the North West and West Midlands cluster has been confirmed as running badly late and subject to "significant delays" until at least late 2007. As a result, strategic health authorities in the area are now developing "delay mitigation plans" based on interim use of existing systems […]
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Manchester hospitals link up with GPs
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust have launched a system that enables clinical correspondence to be electronically exchanged between hospitals and GP practices, providing overnight delivery of patient discharge information when they leave hospital. Using software from clinical correspondence specialists Medisec, the system provides electronic links will be used between all the […]
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AxSys wins major Scottish system contract
AxSys Technologies has been named as the successful bidder in NHSScotland’s national generic clinical system (GCS) procurement. The Clydebank-based company will deliver a national licence for its product, Excelicare, and provide supporting services as part of the GCS contract. The overall aim is to provide NHSScotland with the tools to create a diverse set of local clinical […]
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Chester to survey patients on outcomes
The Countess of Chester NHS Trust has signed up to a patient reported outcomes programme run by analytical benchmarking company, CHKS. The hospital has joined the programme in order to listen to patients’ views on the treatment it delivers, and use responses to improve processes and quality of care. Data will be used to help […]
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Cancer case repository launched to aid research
A new cancer case repository that is able to extract information from the wide variety of sources in an electronic healthcare record and make them available to academic researchers and clinicians has been launched as the first major output of the Clinical e-Science Framework (CLEF). Professor Alan Rector, director of CLEF, an e-Science project funded […]
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IMS Maxims helps cut Irish patient waiting
IMS Maxims has announced that it has successfully installed a new Patient Management System on behalf of the Irish National Treatment Purchase Fund. The NTPF was established by the Irish government to treat public patients who have been longest on public surgical in-patient waiting lists. By the end of June the fund had helped […]
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Hospital reports over 2,600 e-referrals per month
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is receiving over 2,600 electronic referrals a month using software that slots into Microsoft Word and replaces the print button, according to manufacturers Medisec. The e-referral system links 33 surgeries in northwest England and Wales to the hospital. GPs send the referrals to the hospital using a ‘Send […]
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Drug test
In his second article in the series, Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics service, looks at specific issues in electronic prescribing and drug administration.
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Revised NCRS proposals allow for multiple summaries
The concept of a single summary record on the spine is to be replaced by a system that will allow several separate summaries to co-exist, according to revamped proposals on the content of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS). Patients will also be able to opt out of having a summary care record of any […]
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National record content outlined by CfH
Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting for Health (CfH) clinical leads have recommended. The proposal is included in a major discussion document and marks a significant change in emphasis on plans for the NHS Care Record Service (NCRS). It follows continued and […]
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