Bed management software may reduce cancelled ops
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a bed management system in order to reach their target of reducing cancelled operations by 5%. The ExtraMed Beds system is web-based, and the information can be accessed anywhere from the hospital. The trust is hoping that the ability to plan ahead for patients who need to be […]
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Pharmacy IT award nominations now open
The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists have opened nominations for their 2006 annual award for innovative use of information technology within pharmacies, sponsored by First DataBank. The ‘First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists Information Technology Award’, which is worth £2500, was set four years ago to encourage new ideas and best practice from pharmacists using IT. […]
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Germany joins hospital RFID pilots
Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access to data. The Klinikum SaarbrÜcken in western Germany, this month launched a pilot project covering 1000 patients in collaboration with technology partners Siemens Business Services, Intel and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. In addition to making patient […]
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Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine
Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. Speaking at the World Health Care Congress in Chantilly, France, he outlined his organisation’s $3 billion project to create a fully computerised information tool kit including an automated patient […]
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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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Can you keep a secret?
Subtle changes in the way patient confidentiality in electronic health records is handled slipped out last week. E-Health Insider looks at their implications.
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This time it’s personal
Why do we need electronic health records, anyway? Gerry Yantis and Manuel Lowenhaupt of CapGemini argue that the challenges faced in implementing them shouldn’t detract from their importance.
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Brent goes live with Graphnet drug action team solution
Brent Primary Care Trust, north west London, has gone live with a new system developed by Graphnet to enable drug action teams (DATs) to meet reporting targets. DATs, across the UK are responsible for drug strategies for adults and they have report to the National Treatment Agency to obtain funding. The new system, developed by […]
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Hospital introduces electronic social care referral
An NHS Foundation Trust has developed a seamless electronic social care referral system that ensures that social workers are fully informed of the special needs of discharged patients and can arrange any aftercare they need in advance. The Countess of Chester Hospital’s new system, which is based on their existing Meditech integrated patient care system, […]
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University Hospital Aintree wins pharmacy IT award
The pharmacy department at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool has won the 2004 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacist Information Technology Award for its effective electronic transfer of discharge prescriptions pilot. The University Hospital Aintree pharmacy department was chosen for its development of a system to transfer patient discharge information securely and quickly between the hospital […]
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