Trafford enables GPs and hospitals to share EPR
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has developed a new electronic patient record system with assistance from software developers, Graphnet Health, and booking specialists, Ultragenda. The new system collects and shares information across the local health community and works alongside the trusts’ existing iSoft Patient Administration System. Trafford’s head of IM&T, John Bain, told E-Health Insider: “We […]
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Survey shows waning medical support for NPfIT
A picture of declining support among doctors for the National Programme for IT emerges from the latest Medix survey of medical opinion on IT modernisation, sponsored by E-Health Insider. One of the key findings of the survey is that half of all GPs surveyed said they do not plan to upload patient details onto the […]
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Online medicines library gets revamp
The National electronic Library for Medicine, which collects online news and RSS feeds on medicines information, is set to expand into a personalised portal, featuring both regional and national medicines news. The NeLM, which was first launched under the title DrugInfoZone is funded by the National electronic Library for Health. The site sifts and collates […]
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Doctors back calls for review of NHS digitisation
An overwhelming majority of GPs and hospital doctors have backed the calls of senior academics for an independent assessment of the technical viability of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). In a new poll carried out by Medix UK for BBC Radio 4’s File On Four programme, some 85% of doctors said that they agreed […]
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NPfIT could ‘transform’ drug reaction reporting
Reporting of adverse drug reactions in England could be transformed by systematic collection through the National Programme for IT, according to the British Medical Association. The association’s new report, Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions: a guide for health professionals, says that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) represents a “significant opportunity” to systematically gather information on […]
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Poll shows strong clinical support for IT modernisation
An online poll carried out by Doctors.net.uk found that has found that 80% of doctors say they support moves to provide the NHS with modern effective IT systems. The February poll asked doctors to give a yes/no response to the statement "Doctors should be supporting the National Programme to give the NHS modern, effective IT […]
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Computer access for hospital doctors poor, say BMA
Some hospital doctors are expressing concerns that they do not have enough access to computers and e-mail to do their work, raising problems of patient confidentiality as many terminals are situated in public areas or have multiple users. The claim comes as part of a motion put forward today at the British Medical Association’s Staff […]
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Groundhog Day
Connecting for Health’s new strategy to engage with professional associations seems strangely familiar, reports E-Health Insider from the Clinical Information Advisory Groups’ press conference in London.
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Doctors’ belief in NHS IT project fading
Doctors’ enthusiasm for the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has declined sharply over the past 12 months, with the steepest decline occurring among GPs. A tracking survey of 900 hospital doctors and GPs, published today, found there has been a precipitous decline in GPs support for the IT modernisation programme over the past six […]
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Counter fraud staff to gain right to access NHS records
Health Minister, Lord Warner today unveiled new powers that will provide NHS counter fraud staff with the power to demand access to NHS information, including patient records, held on paper or computer. Failure to comply would become a prosecutable offence. The proposed powers, which will require legislation, include a new right for the NHS Counter […]
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