Alder Hey surveys are Fabio
One of Europe’s largest children’s hospitals has developed an electronic survey system to involve children in their care plans and allow them to rate their experiences.
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NHSmail promises bigger mailboxes
Many NHSmail users could see the size of their mailbox doubled in response to feedback about the service, which will also move onto Microsoft’s newest Exchange platform next year. Some 80% of NHSmail accounts were capped at 200Mb at the end of 2007, in preparation for the service’s move off its Mirapoint platform and onto […]
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DH bans use of premium rate phone number
The Department of Health has announced that the use of premium rate phone numbers in the NHS is to be banned.
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Arctic blast
A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will mean for healthcare 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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Babylifecheck site launched
The Department of Health has launched an interactive website offering advice and information to parents of babies as part of its commitment to provide online health checks. NHS Baby LifeCheck is one of three initial NHS LifeChecks that the DH committed to launch following the 2006 white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. However, […]
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QoF ‘fails to promote access’
The Quality and Outcomes Framework has failed to promote improved access or continuity in general practice, according to a new study. Researchers from Leicester University compared how many points GP practices scored for patient experience on the QoF with the results of their patient access surveys. The results, published in this month’s British Journal of […]
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BlackBerry transplant system trialled
Liver surgeons and transplant coordinators at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have started using BlackBerrys to help to determine suitable donor recipients from transplant waiting lists.
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Safety testing imminent at EPS R2 pilot
Testing has started ahead of the first pilot for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, following accreditation of Cegedim Rx’s Pharmacy Manager system. TPP’s SystmOne has already been accredited for EPS R2, and the accreditation of Pharmacy Manager means preparatory work for the pilot site can now go ahead. Cegedim RX told EHI Primary […]
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Doctors.net.uk partners with Dendrite
Doctors.net.uk has signed a deal with pharmaceutical customer relationship management specialist Cegedim Dendrite, to integrate its OneKey data system into the clinician professional network.
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