Winchester first on second generation e-prescribing
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first UK trust to install a second generation Electronic Prescribing and Medication Administration system, developed by JAC Computer Services. The 450-bed Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester is thought to be first UK hospital trust to replace an existing EPMA with a next generation system, a […]
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Wales starts summary record project
Out of hours clinicians in Gwent are to have access to an emergency summary care record in a project which is expected to eventually cover the whole of Wales. The Emergency Health Record (EHR) to be used in Gwent from this month closely mirrors the emergency care summary project in Scotland as well as elements […]
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EHR opt-out debate “doesn’t matter to patients”
The question of whether patients opt into having their electronic records shared or have to specifically request to opt out of the system probably makes no difference to the patient either way, claims an editorial in today’s British Medical Journal. Patient representative Jan Wilkinson, responding to a point-counterpoint argument about whether it is better for […]
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Hants and IOW share records for 1.5 million patients
Hospital and GP records for 1.5 million patients are to be available for the NHS to share in a ground-breaking project launched ahead of the national NHS Care Records Service. The Clinical Data Repository (CDR) set up by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority has gone live this month with GP records for […]
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Trusts make use of orthopaedic template software
Ferrania UK has announced that eight NHS trusts are now using its LifeWeb TraumaCad orthopaedic templating software. The TraumaCad solution is said to provide a quick, easy-to-use solution for routine pre-surgical templating, through importing and exporting of any PACS file (CT, X-ray etc.). JPEG scanner and digital camera pictures can also be imported. Ferrania say […]
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SHA overwhelmed by public response to EHR consent
A senior member of a strategic health authority with a new interim electronic record system has told delegates at the Healthcare Computing 2006 conference that there was such an enormous public response to a mailshot detailing their rights to opt-out that they had to take on extra staff. Anne Reed, clinical data repository manager at […]
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Birmingham HSCIC staff protest at relocation
Unhappy staff caught up the relocation needed to establish the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre have protested that the decision to centralise operations in Leeds is proving to be “nothing more than a very expensive exercise in demoralising and alienating” them. A letter sent in December by staff based in the HSCIC’s Birmingham offices and leaked […]
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Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards
Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and social care awards. OT Direct, a service run by Hampshire County Council, enables service users who require occupational therapy equipment to call a dedicated telephone line where requests are triaged. Those requiring simple equipment such […]
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Graphnet says 45 PCTs now using Xtract
Graphnet Health has announced that 45 primary care trusts in England are in the process of implementing its data extraction software, Xtract. The software is designed to enable clinical data from GP systems to be accurately and securely extracted and then, subject to local data sharing agreements, used by other health professionals within a local […]
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Cancer network claims time saved by teleconferencing
The Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network has upgraded its videoconferencing systems to allow members to collaborate without travelling, thus freeing up travel time to spend with patients, it says. Terminals have been installed in several hospices, allowing clinicians working in palliative care to link into cancer units. The upgrade also means that […]
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