Survey exposes unsafe security practice
Measures taken by doctors to safeguard confidentiality, especially electronic records, are severely deficient and fuel the concerns of those trusted to police data security, say the authors of a letter to the British Medical Journal. The signatories to the letter draw their conclusions from a survey of 32 surgical trainees invited to complete a questionnaire […]
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More investment in Irish health IT needed, says report
The Information Society Commission of Ireland, an independent advisory board set up to investigate and report on IT matters for the Irish government, has said that investment in Irish healthcare IT is lacking and that Ireland needs to increase spending in the sector to improve healthcare. A new report, entitled, ‘An eHealthy State? — An […]
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Hospital clerk jailed for culling patient data
A hospital worker from Northern Ireland who collected information from the patient records of politicians, senior military and police personnel, prison officers, members policing boards and loyalists was jailed for six years earlier this month. Belfast Crown Court Judge Mr Justice Higgins told Ciaran James Cunningham that it was “difficult to think of a more […]
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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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The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)
The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients and will be an important part of General Practice income for the next few years.
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Citrix prescribes access strategy for health
Ever thought of having an IT access strategy for your trust? Citrix thinks you should. E-Health Insider went along to the company’s iForum in Edinburgh to find out why. Mark Templeton, president and CEO of access infrastructure solutions specialists, Citrix, feels there is good reason to be interested in healthcare. Very interested, in fact. […]
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MPs told Wales, Scotland and NI passed on NPfIT
The NHS in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were each approached and subsequently turned down the opportunity to participate in the £6billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT), a Commons select committee has been told. As a result, hospitals in England treating patients from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland face the prospect of having to maintain […]
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Nurses in the dark on IT developments, survey reveals
UK nurses are generally positive about NHS IT developments, but over three quarters have received little or no information about them, a survey conducted by Nursix for the Royal College of Nursing reveals. Alison Kitson, executive director nursing, at the RCN, said: "Clearly nurses can see huge improvements in patient care with the introduction of […]
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Final call for entries to 2004 EU e-health awards
The closing date for entries to European Union’s eEurope Awards for eHealth comes later this month, with the deadline falling on 21 January. Winners of the eEurope Awards for eHealth will be announced at May’s High-Level European eHealth Conference and Exhibition, in Cork. The goal of the awards is to help demonstrate where Europe currently […]
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IMS Maxims and Picis partner on critical care
IMS Maxims and US-based Picis have formed a partnership to offer anaesthesia and critical care clinical IT products throughout the UK and Ireland. Picis is a global leader in providing integrated operating room, anaesthesia and critical care information systems that automate the clinical documentation and business practices throughout perioperative care. According to the two firms […]
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