Accenture’s LSP boss says delivery to ‘step up’
The managing director of Accenture’s health team has said that the pace of delivery in the North East and Eastern regions of the National Programme for IT is now set to step up a gear. Deployment of new systems and services to GPs, hospitals and mental health services by will have begun by Easter, he […]
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Spoilt for choice
GPs’ attitudes towards Choose and Book could cause headaches for the NPfIT, according to a survey in a recent report by the National Audit Office. EHI Primary Care takes a closer look.
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PR heavyweight appointed to sell NHS CRS
The NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) has appointed communications consultancy giant Porter Novelli, part of the global marketing conglomerate Omnicom, to help deliver staff and public information campaigns about the NHS Care Records Service (CRS). Porter Novelli, one of the top seven PR agencies internationally, will help to deliver public information campaigns about […]
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Nursing IT study to look at local systems
The Department of Health has funded a £250,000, two-year study into how nurses use IT when making clinical decisions and the level of training and information available to them when using the systems. The study, which will be undertaken in collaboration between York, Southampton and Loughborough universities, will concentrate on individual specialised local systems in […]
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NAO finds Choose and Book running late
Technical problems, delays in delivering upgrades and failure to engage GPs means the roll-out of Choose and Book, the national electronic appointment booking system, is behind schedule and, at best, will only offer 60-70% availability by the end of 2005. As a result the Government target to deliver patient choice by the end of the […]
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MHRA to let patients report side-effects online
The DH have implemented changes to the way that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported and publicised, including allowing patients to report reactions by submitting electronically through a new website and making drug reaction data available online. The new forms, which are being set up at www.yellowcard.gov.uk, will allow medication users to report any ADRs they encounter, as part […]
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DH focuses on ‘self care’ through IT services
The DH have announced the release of a guidance document for supporting self-care of long-term conditions, such as diabetes, that include use of e-mail and SMS to ease pressure on GPs and A&E departments by up to 50%. ‘Self Care – A Real Choice’ represents a recognition by the DH that initiatives such as multi-media […]
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E-booking to miss its appointment
Choose and Book, the programme for providing electronic patient appointment booking, will not deliver a fully featured system across the English NHS by December 2005, according to a letter from the Department of Health (DH) seen by E-Health Insider. Almost 15-months after the award of a five-year £64.5m contract to Schlumberger-Sema (since taken over by […]
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Record hits for NHS Direct Online over Christmas break
The DH have announced a 30% increase on hits to the NHS Direct website over the Christmas period, the busiest since the website was set up. The NHS Direct site received a total of 19,344 visitors on 27 December, and 42,589 between Christmas Day and Bank Holiday Monday. The most frequently accessed pages included those offering […]
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Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead
Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider about the centre’s responsibilities when it comes into being as a special authority on 1 April, 2005. The centre takes over some of the role of the NHS Information Authority, which is to be disbanded […]
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