NHS cleans up data collection requirements
The DH have announced plans to reduce the amount of data collection in the NHS in an effort to save an estimated £7.6m, by no longer collecting some information, including “local issues" such as laundry and linen statistics from NHS Foundation Trusts. Parking and transport data from foundation trusts will also no longer need to […]
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Interactive TV part of new NHS information strategy
NHS Direct Interactive, an extension of NHS Direct available over digital TV, has been launched as part of a new information strategy from the DH which aims to “improve equitable access to the quality information people need and want to exercise choices about their personal health." The strategy, “Better information, better choices, better health", also […]
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NHS Direct digital TV launch imminent
The DH has announced that NHS Direct Digital TV, which will provide basic information on local health services and advice on treating common illnesses through interactive TV, will be launched tomorrow at a cost of £15m. The service will also include the latest news about health issues, and an encyclopaedia of illnesses and treatments. In […]
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EMIS installed in revamped London ‘super surgery’
A new implementation of EMIS Enterprise in a ‘super surgery’ has been opened by Health Secretary John Reid as part of a partnership between the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust and Newham PCT, east London. The software represents a new contract win for EMIS in London outside of the National Programme for IT within London. […]
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NHSU folds in arm’s length review
The NHSU which was hailed as the NHS’s corporate university and promised innovative learning from a virtual campus is to fold. A new Special Health Authority, the NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation (NILSI), is to replace the NHSU, NHS Modernisation Agency and the NHS Leadership Centre as well as supporting a new Innovation Centre. […]
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DH hoping for 50% takeup of new Xansa deal
The Department of Health has announced final details of its NHS shared financial services partnership with IT services firm Xansa, and is expecting half of the eligible NHS organisations to sign up over the next ten years. The public-private joint venture partnership will see Xansa taking over work from NHS Shared Financial Services, a centralised […]
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New QOF software to hide data, but not for all GPs
NPfIT has developed software that automatically anonymises GP electronic patient records for audit by primary care organisations under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), in response to concerns over confidentiality from the BMA – but it will not work with all practices. The program, QOF Assessor Toolkit, will connect with the majority of GP software, […]
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New EU e-health funding will focus on integration
A new call for proposals for the European Union’s e-health programme is due to be launched next week. Around €75m are available in total for successful projects submitted in this fourth round of awards. Researchers and company representatives gathered at a workshop in London had a preview of the theme for the new round from […]
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Microsoft signs new software deal with NPfIT
Health minister John Hutton has announced a three-year software licensing deal with Microsoft, claiming savings for the NHS of up to £112m over the next three years. The Department of Health (DH) says that the NHS will save a whopping £330 million over the lifetime of the deal, thanks to tight negotiations led by the National […]
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Xansa secures NHS finance and accounting deal
Xansa, the IT services company, has been recommended as the preferred partner for a joint venture to provide finance and accounting services to the NHS in England, it was announced this week. The 50:50 deal with the Department of Health (DH), which will run over 10 years, is expected to start in April 2005 and […]
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