Seminars to Drive Message on Information Security
The NHS Information Authority has embarked on a mission to explain the international standard on information security management, ISO 17799, and win support for its implementation as a key part of information governance. Seminars will be held around the country until March for chief executives and other senior managers to introduce the standard which addresses […]
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Primal Pictures Scoops EuroPrix
Primal Pictures, the company that supplies online anatomy graphics for the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), has scooped a top European prize for learning and e-education. The EuroPrix is recognised as the leading prize in multimedia arts in Europe. Primal Pictures 3D anatomy images were chosen from 500 entrants from all sectors. Chief executive, […]
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UK Government Warms to Open Source Software
The Cabinet Office has published a consultation paper on use of Open Source Software (OSS) within the UK Government sector –- including the NHS — that concludes the development of OSS represents a fundamental change in the software market. OSS, software whose source code is openly published, is usually available at no charge, and is […]
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Boxing Day Busiest Ever Day for NHS Direct
NHS Direct, the UK national telephone health advice service, had its busiest ever day on Boxing Bay, as the holiday season took its toll. The top enquiries were for vomiting, fever, coughs and diarrhoea. According to figures reported by the Guardian, the 24-hour nurse-led advice service took more than 24,000 calls on Boxing Day – […]
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2001: The Year the Money Disappeared
The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry and Shipman reports, and yet it was also the year in which a re-elected Labour Government pledged unprecedented investment in the service. Though the IT agenda has attracted few headlines, it has permeated both […]
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Wanless on Information Technology
The UK health service has a poor record on the use of information and communication technology and spending in this area will need to grow at a faster rate over the next 20 years to catch up and keep up with other countries, according to the Wanless Report on NHS funding. Most of the headlines […]
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DH Wants Board-Level Information Leads in New SHAs
The Department of Health has signalled that it wants to see information management and technology represented at the highest levels in the new NHS strategic health authorities (SHAs). Director of research, analysis and information, Sir John Pattison, told the NHS Information Authority’s annual conference that health minister Lord Hunt was “very keen to establish IM&T […]
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NHS Completes Alpha Tests of SNOMED Clinical Terms
SNOMED International, a division of the College of American Pathologists, and the NHS Information Authority have announced they have successfully completed testing of SNOMED (SNOMED CT). This next generation work of terminology combines the expertise of SNOMED RT and the NHS’ Clinical Terms Version 3 (Read Codes) to create the most comprehensive clinical terminology available […]
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Motion Media Launches Video Phone for Health Sector
Bristol-based Motion Media has launched the first video phone specifically designed for the healthcare sector and remote delivery of patient care into the home that operates over a standard phone line. The company claims its new CareStation 125 video phone will help health organisations deliver the Government goal of redesigning health services around the patient […]
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NHS Signs Landmark National Software Deal With Microsoft
The NHS has completed a three-year corporate software licensing deal with Microsoft Ltd, which will see all NHS computer users get access to the latest Microsoft software and potentially save the NHS £50m. The new "NHS Enterprise Agreement", which has immediate effect, will dramatically rationalise the NHS’s previously fragmented purchasing of Microsoft products. Senior NHS […]
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