North Lincs community nurses get mobile
Community nurses in North Lincolnshire are to get wireless rugged laptops in one of the largest deployments yet of mobile technology to staff working outside hospitals. BT Health will supply the laptops with built in remote access technology under a five-year managed service deal. It will supply up to 400 community staff with wireless-connected, semi-rugged […]
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Evidence gap on telehealth needs to be filled
More work is needed to fill the evidence gap on telehealth if it is to enter the mainstream, according to a Department of Health agency. The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) has issued a review of the academic literature on the use of telehealth in the management of patients with long term conditions (LTCs). The […]
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Heart check-ups by phone offered over Christmas
Over 100 GP practices in the North West of England will be offering patients heart check-ups over the phone during the Christmas holiday period. People living in Greater Manchester who experience cardiac symptoms over the holiday season will be able to go along to their local practice or walk-in centre and be tested on the […]
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Patient data extraction software dropped by DH
The Department of Health has dropped plans to use Apollo software to extract patient data from GP practice systems this year for its GP Patient Survey after concerns about potential breaches of confidentiality. The Patient Information Advisory Group, set up to provide advice on use of patient information, refused to support the DH’s proposals to […]
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GPs voice key concerns over IT
GPs believe national IT projects are getting priority over their day-to-day IT needs and say problems with servers and desktops are of key concern, according to the results of a PCT-wide survey. Dr Neil Paul a GP in Sandbach, Cheshire, sent a survey to more than 50 practices in Cheshire this summer to find out […]
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Conference to focus on patient-controlled records
Patient controlled records will be the focus of the British Computer Society’s Primary Health Care Specialist Group annual conference next week. The PHCSG says the idea that a patient’s health record should be held by a trusted third party, chosen by the patient and then shared with those care providers with whom the patient chooses […]
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Practices told to update own NHS Choices details
The Department of Health says it is trying to improve the accuracy of primary care information on its flagship NHS Choices website to more than 90% but plans to get GP practices to update their own details in future. The multi-million pound website, developed by healthcare information firm Dr Foster Intelligence together with LBi and […]
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Community pharmacists to get NHSmail
Community pharmacists in England are to get access to NHSmail for the first time from the beginning of 2008. Until now the 10,000 community pharmacists in England have not been able to use NHSmail to securely exchange data with NHS colleagues by email, though it has been available to their counterparts in NHS Scotland. C&W, […]
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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine ECG service
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have successfully piloted a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients and will now roll the system out to a total of almost 150 practices. The system allows 12-lead ECGs to be carried out in the GP practice by a doctor […]
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Connecting for Health extends Microsoft licensing deal
Microsoft and NHS Connecting for Health have renewed their Enterprise Wide Agreement (EWA), following the completion of the first three years of the contract. The agreement covers most of the Microsoft Desktop and personal productivity software for up to 850,000 NHS users. The deal for the first time covers Microsoft Exchange and includes anti-virus technology […]
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