Surrey Health Informatics Service closes
Surrey Health Informatics Service has closed. The organisation ceased operating on 1 November. A spokesperson for Surrey Primary Care Trust, which hosted it, said the move followed a review last summer. “The decision was born out of a desire to give more local ownership to IT programmes, particularly with the drive to foundation status by […]
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NPfIT ‘misconceived’: O’Brien
Shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien has launched a stinging attack on the National Programme for IT in the NHS at Healthcare Interoperability in Birmingham. O’Brien said he had been surprised to see a "flurry" of stories claiming the programme was "grinding to a halt" in this week’s press, since there had been no obvious "hook" […]
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Vocera cuts Liverpool theatre delays
An NHS trust in Liverpool is using Vocera to improve communications between ward and theatre staff; helping them to work more efficiently and make better use of operating time.
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Standards set for the structure of medical records
Profession-wide standards for medical records in hospitals have been agreed for the first time.
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First ever record standards to improve discharge summaries
Getting records up to standard
NHS Connecting for Health and the Royal College of Physicians talk about the new standards issued for records in the NHS.
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Bristol uses IT to underpin foundation status
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has chosen CACI’s InView data warehouse and reporting system to underpin its transition to foundation status. The new system will allow the trust to improve data quality and support 18 week pathways, Payment by Results, performance monitoring and other information demands. InView is a web-based solution that utilises Microsoft […]
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Vote for your Healthcare ICT Champion of 2008
Who packs the most megabites into their work for patients? Who would win gold if health informatics was an Olympic sport? It’s time to vote for the strongest link!
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PRIMIS + launches data discussion board
PRIMIS+ has set up an online discussion board to raise awareness of common issues and publicise best practice amongst those using shared records. The Data Recording board, which is receiving funding from PRIMIS’ “core budget”, is open to all PRIMIS+ facilitators and anyone who is recording or using community data. Users must first register to […]
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Speakers announced for 2008 HL7 UK conference
Speakers at the sixth annual HL7 UK Conference will include a strong supplier and international line-up. They include Matthew Swindells, the author of the NHS Informatics Review and now head of Tribal Health and international speakers who are due to speak come from Holland and Canada. Industry speakers will include individuals from BT, Cerner, CSC, INPS and […]
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