James Cook says C+B led to DNA rise
Another hospital department has reported an increase in its did-not-attend (DNA) rate for patients whose appointments were made through Choose and Book. Orthopaedic surgeons from James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough say that they have logged a 39% increase in non-attendance rates since their department started to use Choose and Book in 2006. The doctors, […]
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E-Health Insider’s industry round up 19.03.09
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. SpeechMagic rolled out at HCA International Nuance Communications has announced that its SpeechMagic technology is being rolled out across the private healthcare group, HCA International. With two-thirds of the roll-out complete, 96% of dictations are being […]
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Birmingham rolls out WinScribe
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is to become SRC’s second biggest customer by deploying its WinScribe digital dictation system to more than 700 users. The system will be rolled out to 200 users over the next few weeks, and to a further 550 staff by the end of May. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS […]
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InterQual to manage care across Rotherham
Rotherham Health and Social Care Economy Partnership is deploying an evidence-based decision support and care management system developed and widely-used in the US. The partnership between Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Rotherham, and Rotherham Social Services was developed in July 2008, to meet national imperatives to use health services appropriately. It is now rolling out […]
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No routine use of SCR at Bolton A+E
Royal Bolton Hospital’s A&E department is viewing the Summary Care Record on a doctor-request basis only, according to an NHS Connecting for Health benefits assessment.
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DH and London move on shared services
NHS chief executive David Nicholson is encouraging the health service to make greater use of shared services as London’s primary care trusts prepare to set up their own commissioning support organisation. Nicholson wrote to trust chief executives last week to encourage them to use NHS Shared Business Services or other shared services for back-office functions. […]
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Waiting not an option
The chief executive of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust tells Jon Hoeksma why it can’t wait for NPfIT to deliver.
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Rotherham set to announce EPR contract
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is set to announce the award of a contract for a new electronic patient record system that will see it spend an estimated £30-40m over the next ten years.
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Information sharing consultation
The government has launched a consultation on information sharing across health, social care and wider community support services. The consultation will examine how the assessment process for people who need health and social care should work in future. It will look at what information should be commonly shared, who that information should be shared with, […]
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NHS Alliance promotes patient records
The NHS Alliance is promoting real-time access to medical records, claiming this will help meet the drive towards patient self-management as well as saving the NHS money. The Alliance says there is evidence to show that record sharing improves relationships between clinicians and patients as well as improving efficiency and the safety and accuracy of […]
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