Millennium delays creating financial risks, trust warns
A report by Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS Trust on delayed plans to deploy Cerner Millennium warns that current reporting difficulties with the system "could have an impact on all remaining Cluster R0 go-live dates". The trust board paper seen by EHI warns that should delays to the availability of a system that meets requirements […]
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N3 problems leave users unable to access internet
An update to the internet gateway of the NHS’s new national network (N3) continues to create problems for users accessing the internet, with NHS staff reporting either very slow connections or being unable to access e-mails on mobile devices. On Wednesday Connecting for Health’s service status site was reporting "internet gateway issues" on N3. The […]
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HL7 conference calls for wider interoperability
Standards drive innovation, catalyse industry growth and create opportunities for many companies in the industry, the HL7 UK conference heard this week. Norbert Mikula, director of electronic health record technology for Intel’s digital health argued that “once industries are on one format, growth can happen.” He cited case the of Centrino mobile technology where Intel […]
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N3 on target for March 2007 completion
Almost 15,500 connections have been made to the national network, N3, and work is on schedule to be completed in March next year, according to NHS Connecting for Health (CfH). The agency says 97% of GP surgeries have now been connected to the network by N3 contractors BT, potentially benefiting around 48 million patients with […]
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Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence
A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could improve medication adherence among patients. Partners Healthcare Telemedicine Group (PHTG) has appointed software developers Claricode Inc to test whether using a coloured flashing light on a Smart Pillbox, connected to a mobile phone network, would […]
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Accenture winds down acute hospital trust work
Accenture, the local service provider for the NHS IT programme in the North-east and East of England, is winding down its implementation team working on putting new patient administration system into NHS hospitals. E-Health Insider has been told that the acute implementation team was almost completely disbanded at the beginning of July, with a number […]
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iSoft’s financial troubles mount
Troubled UK health IT software firm iSoft was plunged into further financial crisis on Friday after it announced it had again delayed publication of its full year results because it had been unable to conclude negotiations with its banks. The indications are that iSoft has been unable to complete renegotiation with its banks while its […]
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Call to publish Gateway reviews of IT projects
There is a ‘strong case’ for Gateway reviews of public sector IT-enabled projects to be published, the high powered House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided. The Gateway system, which gives red, amber or green lights at different stages of projects, does not normally cover the NHS, but it does apply to the […]
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Site lowers blood pressure of procurement officers
An Irish website that aims to painstakingly check and document the medical validations of all the blood-pressure monitoring equipment on the market has become an international success. Dabl Educational Trust, a not-for-profit company sponsored by Dublin-based software company Dabl, was set up by William Rickard and Professor Eoin O’Brien.with support from the Royal College of […]
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SIMpill solution for missed drug doses
A GP in South Africa who runs an SMS appointment reminder service, has gone one better and unveiled a pill bottle that sends text messages to patients or carers if the owner forgets to take their drugs on time. SIMpill (right) consists of a bottle with a battery, SIM card, transmitter and chip set that […]
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