Surrey and Sussex to stick with Cerner
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has dropped plans to abandon Cerner for an iSoft alternative. Instead, the trust will continue to develop the Cerner Millennium system installed two years ago. The trust was considering the route taken by nearby Worthing Hospital and ditching the Cerner system, due to the strategic risks created by a […]
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NPSA: unsure if wristband target met
The National Patient Safety Agency has said a technical problem means it is unable to establish whether its target to make sure that all patients in England and Wales have printed wristbands has been met. In July 2007, the NPSA said it wanted to see all wristbands being printed by 18 July this year, to cut the danger of […]
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In defence of the Spine
Ewan Davis surprises himself by setting out the case in defence of the NHS Spine. He argues that if we didn’t have it, we’d have to invent it.
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DH launches hospital comparison site
The Department of Health has launched a new comparison element to the NHS Choices website, which allows patients to compare hospitals on indicators from car parking to mortality rates. The service provides a web-based score card to help patients choose the hospital most suited to their needs. It works in a similar way to other internet […]
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Time to change the record?
E-Health Insider’s Sarah Bruce gauges reaction to the Conservatives’ response to the independent review of NHS IT.
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
Can BT and CSC deliver? Three months after they were given new deadlines, EHI editor Jon Hoeksma is doubtful.
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NHS flu line to go live next week
The interim National Pandemic Flu Service is to go live in England from the end of next week, the Department of Health has announced. The service, renamed from the originally planned Flu Line, will consist of a dedicated website and call centres. Patients will be able to contact the service if they suspect they have […]
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Caring, sharing
Individual hospitals have PACS in place: but whatever happened to image sharing? Linda Davidson and Daloni Carlisle investigate.
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McKesson sees shared services growth
McKesson has announced a 200% growth in its Shared Services over the past 12 months. The Healthcare and IT solutions and services provider has won ten out of 11 contracts in open tender and is now providing HR and payroll services to more than 107,000 staff across the NHS. Almost 40 trusts are now using […]
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Southern NHS trusts get systems of choice
NHS trusts in the South of England are to be offered a choice of systems and to have them funded as part of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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