UCLH system delayed ahead of key move
University College London NHS Foundation Trust has delayed trust-wide implementation of its Carecast electronic patient record system from IDX by another three weeks. This latest delay in implementation means that there is now almost no slack in the timetable for implementing the new EPR system in time for the move to the brand new ‘paperless’ £422 […]
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Somerset EPR “commended” by Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission has praised Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust for its implementation of an electronic patient record, calling it "pioneering" but noting that some staff are having problems accessing information on the service. In its annual clinical governance review or ‘health check’ of the trust, the Healthcare Commission said that the trust’s […]
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E-mail consultations must be documented, says study
A study in Finland has found that communication by e-mail between doctors and their patients is already extremely common, so much so that electronic patient record systems that are being developed should contain the functionality to document all communication. Johanna Castren and Marja Niemi, from the University of Tampere, Finland, and Marja Niemi, from the […]
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UCLH revamps pathology software
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Trust have replaced their legacy anatomic pathology software with CoPathPlus, a pathology and electronic patient record system manufactured by Misys. According to Misys, the software can incorporate images into patient reports, provide links to online textbooks and reference databases, and has capability for speech recognition for entering data. The […]
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Large scale MiSys EPR goes live in Saudi
Saudi Arabia’s National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA), the healthcare facility for the Saudi Arabian military police, has gone live with an electronic patient record system from IT solutions firm Misys. Misys CPR will cover members of the National Guard and their dependents. The company claims that the system will be one of the biggest clinical […]
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NHS Scotland begins national EPR procurement
The NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland, has issued an OJEU invitation for expressions of interest for systems and services to support the national development of electronic patient records. NHS Scotland plans to procure a system known as Generic Clinical System (GCS), which will provide a set of tools to facilitate flexible […]
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Survival tips for SMEs post NPfIT awards
There is still a market for small and medium players in healthcare IT but the name of the game is process and cultural change, not trying to sell technology and systems. That was the message for delegates at a conference for SMEs trying to get to grips with the new healthcare ICT market in England […]
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Charing Cross introduces robotic drug dispensing
Two newly installed electronic dispensing systems at London’s Charing Cross Hospital, one of which uses robotics, are improving improving the speed and accuracy of dispensing on wards and in the hospital pharmacy. One system, dubbed Pollyanna, is a fully-automated pharmacy storage and dispensing computer. Staff input the drug name and dosage from the paper-based prescription, and a […]
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Cerner’s Millennium named best EPR system
Cerner Millenium has been awarded the top prize at the Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Their Millennium architecture won top prize in the Electronic Health Record Systems for Hospitals prize. The same architecture underpins their e-booking contract and had been a major part of all their unsuccessful LSP bids. In […]
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ASSIST to seek partnership with British Computer Society
ASSIST, the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care, has voted to seek partnership with the British Computer Society’s health informatics committee (BCSHIC). An “overwhelming” majority of members at the association’s annual general meeting on 20 May gave the group’s national council a mandate to pursue discussions already underway. The move will almost […]
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