High-tech radios rollout for ambulances in 2007
A new radio system to be installed by all NHS ambulance trusts in England beginning in early 2007 will offer interoperability with other emergency services and better coverage in rural areas, the Department of Health said today. Ambulance trusts have chosen to implement radio terminals provided by Sepura which will operate on the O2/Airwave network, […]
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BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project
A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including putting one hold current plans for a national system of summary records and for the scope of NHS Care Records Service to fundamentally re-defined. Rather than attempt to build a monolithic national database of records […]
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Scotland mandates online patient data dictionary
A new clinical standards dictionary has been set up by NHS Scotland’s National Clinical Dataset Development Programme in an effort to promote the use of approved data standards in Scotland The web-based Health and Social Care Dictionary (www.datadictionary.scot.nhs.uk) comprises of a full list of national clinical data standards, which will help to support direct patient […]
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NHS Scotland aims for electronic records from 2010
Delivering for Health, the board responsible for IT in NHS Scotland, says it will act on the key recommendations of a forthcoming Deloitte report on delivering e-health in Scotland and say they will be in a position to implement integrated electronic patient records by as early as 2010. The Deloitte report was commissioned by the […]
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HL7 conference calls for wider interoperability
Standards drive innovation, catalyse industry growth and create opportunities for many companies in the industry, the HL7 UK conference heard this week. Norbert Mikula, director of electronic health record technology for Intel’s digital health argued that “once industries are on one format, growth can happen.” He cited case the of Centrino mobile technology where Intel […]
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Border control
Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European countries.
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NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday
NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database next month, launched in partnership with clinical decision support software (CDSS) specialists, Clinical Solutions. The database records all individual patients who contact the NHS Direct phoneline and holds details of their enquiry and any advice […]
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Europe’s citizens must be engaged on e-health
Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about e-health policy, a key group of European informatics professionals is cautioning. The European Health Telematics Associatiuon (EHTEL) issued a paper and companion documents on patient safety and electronic health records at the first-ever World of Health […]
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EMIS links with Tiara9 for appointment booking
EMIS have announced they are to link their GP software to Ethical Technology (Ethitec)’s Tiara9 electronic patient record system for therapists. The partnership aims to deliver interoperability between the firms’ systems to help reduce waiting times for patients and improve clerical accuracy. Tiara9 is currently used by 30 NHS trusts, and EMIS GP systems by around […]
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EMIS Web to be rolled out to 1,000 practices
GP computer supplier EMIS is to roll out the next generation of its primary care software, EMIS Web, to 1,000 practices from this month. The company says EMIS Web will provide a common clinical record that can be shared by GPs and community healthcare teams with data accessible anywhere via the web-based application. The aim […]
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