Hart wins Assembly backing for health IT
Wales is establishing itself as a world leader in the use of digital technologies in health and social care, its health minister told a Welsh Assembly debate on the country’s NHS IT programme.
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Hart says Welsh patients can use mobiles
Patients will be allowed to use their mobile phones in designated areas in all NHS hospitals in Wales, health minister Edwina Hart announced at the end of last week. Health boards will determine the exact arrangements to minimise potential noise and disruption for other patients. Hart also announced that current contracts with the providers of hospital phone […]
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Wales spends £825,000 on telehealth
Wales has announced plans to spend £825,000 on projects to harness new technology and local innovation to improve access to health and social care in rural areas. A total of 13 local projects will receive a share of £525,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government. A further £200,000 will be allocated to Hywel Dda and Powys health boards to […]
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Welsh Clinical Portal given go-ahead
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has given the go-ahead for the Welsh Clinical Portal, a secure online workspace for Welsh health staff. The move has been backed by £2.5m, and follows the approval of the business case for the patient portal, My Health Online, last week. The Welsh Clinical Portal is intended to display patient […]
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Telehealth promised for Wales
Wales has committed to increasing its use of telehealth and telecare as part of a plan to improve health and social care in rural areas. The Welsh Assembly Government this week published its ‘Rural Health Plan’ identifies access to services and integration of services as the two key issues affecting the health of rural communities. […]
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Advice to Informing Healthcare
A group of international health professionals have met in Cardiff to evaluate and advise the organisation responsible for healthcare IT across Wales. The International Advisory Group made up of professionals from Canada, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Scotland and the U.S outlined nine points they wanted Informing Healthcare to take onboard to improve […]
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Wales publishes pathology shortlist
Six companies have been shortlisted as potential providers to develop a national pathology laboratory system for Wales. The procurement is expected to award a £7.9m national contract for pathology services to become available in 2010. The Welsh IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that Cerner, Clinisys, EMIS, iSoft, InterSystems and Technidata have been selected to […]
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Heart of England connects with Quicksilva
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has signed a deal with Quicksilva to enable it to get direct access to the NHS data Spine and its services. Quicksilva will provide the trust with its Compliance-in-a-Box consultancy service, Spine Gateway managed service and Spine-in-a-Box test harness. These will enable it to complete the NHS Connecting for […]
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Hart green-lights major Welsh projects
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has approved the outline business case for the roll out of the Individual Health Record across Wales.
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NHS Direct says it has no 0845 plans
NHS Direct has said it has no plans to switch its premium rate 0845 telephone number to a standard rate 0345 number that has been reserved for its use. Last week BT Wholesale published a briefing note on its website stating that the 0345 4647 number would “eventually replace the NHS Direct number 0845 4647” […]
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