Lord Hunt Resigns Over Iraq
Health minister Lord Hunt of King’s Heath, the minister responsible for the NHS National IT Programme, followed Commons Leader Robin Cook and resigned from the government over Iraq. Lord Hunt was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health in the House of Lords. His portfolio included responsibility for the NHS National IT Programme, and he […]
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NHS Wales Launches Online Jobs Service
The NHS in Wales has launched a jobs service which brings health service vacancies together on a single web site. The site allows users to search for jobs by category, organisation, salary, hours, keywords and geographical area in Wales. It is open to existing NHS staff who want to change jobs and to the public. […]
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Row Over Health Records Review Secrecy
Campaigners this week alleged that the Department of Health (DH) had broken undertakings to keep fees low for patient access to manual health records and had further worsened the situation by conducting a review of health records and data protection in secret. The DH issued a defence against some reports of the row, but conceded […]
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Newchurch Launches E-Booking Module
Newchurch Limited has announced the launch of the e-booking module of its Primary Care Information Solution (PCIS). The new e-booking tool is said to provide patients with a more responsive service and save time and money by reducing missed appointments. Developed by Newchurch’s Belgium-based partner, e-scheduling specialistUltraGenda , the e-booking module will enable healthcare professionals […]
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NHS Counter Fraud Services Partner With SAS
Health Minister Lord Hunt has announced a partnership between the NHS Counter Fraud Service (NHS CFS) and business intelligence software company SAS in a move designed to provide a much greater capacity to target fraud in the NHS. The value, duration and terms of the partnership deal between NHS CFS and SAS were not disclosed […]
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Conservatives Detect Panic on Healthcare IT
A Conservative health spokesperson has told E-Health Insider that he is worried the NHS National Programme for IT is too big, has resulted in local progress grinding to a halt, and threatens to squeeze out local priorities. He calls for the programme to be broken down into more manageable pieces that better reflect local service […]
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Optimum HealthWare Wins North Cheshire Contract
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract to Optimum HealthWare for its MultiVue patient indexing tool to provide a single view of patients’ details across multiple systems and sites. The trust, formed from a merger of Halton and Warrington Hospitals, has patient administration, clinical and departmental legacy systems, each with their own patient […]
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Kaiser Permanente Aims for E-Health within Three Years
Kaiser Permanente, the second biggest integrated health delivery organisation in the US, has announced that it will invest $1.8 billion in advanced ICT systems including electronic medical records, electronic appointment booking, electronic prescription refills and referral requests. The programme represents one of the largest and most ambitious implementations of electronic medical records yet seen, in […]
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Under 16s Database Recommendation from Climbie Inquiry
A recommendation that the government should actively explore the benefit to children of setting up a database on all under 16s has come from the Victoria Climbie Inquiry published this week. The inquiry report says that within the next two years a feasibility study and a pilot study should be conducted on an under 16s […]
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Technologies Open Up New Consultation Possibilities
The importance of public services embracing new technology in their consultations with users and citizens is emphasised in a new report from the Audit Commission. The report, Connecting with Users and Citizens says, “In our discussions with service providers, those who used a wider choice of approaches and techniques were more likely to see themselves […]
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