Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT
New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP) concludes that the NHS stands at a crossroads in the development of primary and community care information systems The guidance, read alongside a newly published review of the primary care clinical systems market carried out […]
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NHScat-IT Lauched
The NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency has launched a new catalogue of IT and telecommunications products and services for the NHS. The new catalogue, called NHScat-IT, was developed by PASA and buying.solutions arm of the Office of Government Commerce, it replaces the previous NHS Hardware and Software and Gcat contracts. According to PASA the partnership […]
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NHS Awaits Treasury Approval of Landmark Microsoft Deal
The Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency (PASA) have completed negotiations of a critical national software licensing deal with Microsoft to provide the company’s latest desktop personal productivity and back office applications to 300,000 NHS users. Final approval of the business plan is expected from the Treasury within the next two weeks. […]
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Mobile EMIS Moves Closer
The day when any GP or district nurse using EMIS technology will be able to carry patient records and add consultation notes on a Palm or pocket PC is getting close. Demonstrations of mobile technology for GPs and community nursing at the EMIS National User Group conference showed well-advanced software that is eagerly awaited: the […]
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NHS Sets Out Case for Shared Services
The NHS has completed the outline business case (OBC) for an ambitious project to introduce a single national "state of the art", web-enabled finance and e-procurement system, which it believes could save the service £300m a year. Following government approval of the OBC an OJEC is due to be placed late in September. Responses will […]
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PDA Programme Cuts Nursing Paperwork by
A group of American community-based nurses say that using personal digital assistants cuts time spent on their "paperwork" by up to 50% and improves both the speed and accuracy of documentation. The programme, which is attracting international attention, also makes decision support software, backed by extensive medical resources, available to the nurses while they are […]
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