Patient experience website breaks mental health taboo
Dipex, a charity that runs a number of support websites that contains personal testimonies from people who have suffered from illness, has launched a new module on mental health. Journalist and newsreader Jon Snow, who chaired the launch in London, said: "This is an extremely important moment because Dipex is coming of age in a […]
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Urgent need for joined-up IT to improve US healthcare
An influential new report identifies fragmentation as a key cause of problems in the American healthcare system and says IT can play a key role in creating a more integrated, patient-centric approach. The report says, however, that the IT infrastructure in use in US healthcare is itself fragmented, hindering efforts to improve patient care. It […]
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Trusts told to end local PACS procurements
All English NHS trusts have been told they must immediately end any PACS (Picture Archiving and Storage System) procurements after the Department of Health’s belated decision to make PACS a ‘core’ service. As first reported by E-Health Insider last week PACS will now be made a core service and existing trust PACS procurements will have […]
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NPfIT mandates LSP PACS solutions
The National Programme for IT has reclassified picture archiving and communications system (PACS) as a “core NPfIT service" but, unlike other core services to be delivered by local service providers (LSPs), it will not be fully centrally funded. The reclassification of PACS as a core service means that trusts are now mandated to use the […]
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Carrots, sticks and the NPfIT
E-Health Insider talks to the National Programme for IT’s chief operations officer, Gordon Hextall about progress on Choose and Book and what the programme really wants from its suppliers.
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E-prescribing benefits flow for Liverpool hospital
Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Trust has announced the completion of e-prescribing in all but one of its in-patient clinical areas. Only the neonatal unit remains to be covered by the Meditech EP system, built with technology partners FileTek UK. The system provides total integration between the pharmacy stock system, patient prescriptions and other patient-based Meditech […]
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Getting ready for the leap forward
With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West and West Midlands cluster, spoke to E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma…
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The future of digital imaging
The government recently announced that all acute trusts in England will move to PACS within the next three years. This is a huge undertaking both in terms of costs and especially change management…
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Six new companies brought under NPfIT banner
The National Programme for IT have announced six new “enterprise-wide" agreements between suppliers of software and hardware infrastructure and services, saving an estimated £30m on market price figures for the project and the NHS in general. Cisco, EMC Computer Systems, Hewlett Packard, SeeBeyond and Sun will supply a number of backup, infrastructure and migration services […]
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Spending on integration technology set to rise
A new survey on the attitudes to integration of senior IT personnel has revealed that many companies plan to increase spending on integration technology in 2004. The survey, carried out by research company PMP on behalf of InterSystems, included 100 interviews with senior IT personnel in companies whose turnover exceeded £100 million. Some 42 per […]
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