NHS Wales streamlines test sample processing
GPs and nurses across Wales are to switch to using printed labels and barcodes when they send test samples to the lab for analysis. Hand-written request forms and labels will be phased out over the next six months under an initiative from Informing Healthcare Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government programme set up to modernise the […]
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Two-thirds in Wales access health information online
A survey commissioned by Informing Healthcare, the Welsh healthcare IT programme, has revealed that almost two-thirds of people in Wales source health information online. Informing Healthcare commissioned Pricewaterhouse Coopers International Survey Unit to research the preferred method for adults in Wales to source health information, with 1002 people participating in the telephone survey between March […]
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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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NPSA issues spec for electronic blood tracking
The National Patient Safety Agency has unveiled new measures to help improve the safety of blood transfusions, including the initial specification for an electronic tracking system to ensure the right patient is matched with the right blood product. The NPSA has worked with Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) and the Chief Medical Officer’s National Blood […]
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Wales to receive Map of Medicine
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT programme, has announced that it has secured Map of Medicine, a web-based clinical pathways and knowledge sharing tool, for deployment across Wales. The tool can be used by healthcare professionals to view clinical pathways across several disciplines, including A&E, mental health and palliative care. Managers and commissioners can use […]
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Online medical journal access for NHS Wales
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh healthcare IT programme, has announced that it is making another 90 online peer-reviewed journals available through the NHS Wales online library, bringing the total number of publications staff can access to 200. The addition is part of the programme’s Access to Knowledge (A2K) project. The new journals cover diverse topics such […]
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Welsh EHR content revealed in updated plan
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh healthcare IT programme, has published the second version of its national case, detailing the proposed content of the electronic health record and stressing that the patient will own the data on it. The update was published last week following last September’s National Architecture Week conference, at which clinicians and IT staff met […]
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In the vault
E-Health Insider talks to Gwyn Thomas, director of Welsh healthcare IT programme Informing Healthcare, about how his emphasis is on changing processes, not technology.
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New mothers in Wales first to have access to EHRs
New mothers are to be among the first in Wales to receive access to their own electronic health records constructed from the data held by their GPs, as a result of Informing Healthcare (IHC), the Welsh national healthcare IT programme. The scheme is part of the development of the ‘My Health On-Line’ system, which will act […]
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From dependence to responsibility
In the first of a two part article, Iain Anderson from Capgemini looks at the drivers for change in the way we address long-term conditions in the UK.
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