Great Yarmouth GPs use pathology e-requesting
GP practices in East Anglia are using a new order communications solution called GP RequestVision from Olympus, to request pathology tests from the nearby James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. GPs from practices in Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney are using the solution to order pathology tests online via a simple tick box style form, interfaced […]
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Countdown to the 18 week wait
By December 2008 all non-urgent NHS patients should start their hospital treatment within 18 weeks of referral, a major challenge with IT at the heart of providing the solutions.
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Stoke Mandeville taps into spinal software
Staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be able to keep track of all records electronically, after the trust signed with IMS Maxims to implement its specialist Spinal Cord Injuries software. The software has been developed with the South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, where it has been live for over […]
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Mobile phone pics help emergency NHS 24 diagnosis
A Scottish woman has had a life-threatening condition diagnosed after using a mobile phone to send pictures of her swollen legs to an NHS 24 doctor. Fran Neri, 25, was rushed to hospital after the shocked NHS 24 doctor received the pictures of her swollen legs and immediately sent an ambulance. According to the Scotsman […]
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Junior doctors lose High Court case on MTAS
Remedy UK has lost its plea to the High Court for the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) to be completely scrapped. The pressure group, created by disgruntled junior doctors, had wanted the new-web based application system to be abandoned with the recruitment process beginning again. Last week, the Department of Health (DH), however, agreed to discontinue […]
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BMA chairman resigns over MTAS affair
The chairman of the British Medical Association, James Johnson, resigned from his position last night following criticism of his handling of the BMA’s response to the botched Medical Training Application System (MTAS). Mr Johnson fell on his sword after coming under intense criticism within the BMA following the publication of a letter in the Times newspaper […]
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BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results
The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical of the e-booking system. A copy of the survey has, however, been obtained by EHI Primary Care. At the beginning of February BMA chairman Mr James Johnson promised the survey would be published “shortly” but […]
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“It’s not about politics – it’s about patients”
In the concluding part of E-Health Insider’s exclusive interview with the chairman of the BMA, James Johnson, he tells us why political motivation is damaging Healthcare IT. Joe Fernandez reports.
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Patients key to NPfIT fate
In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the National Programme for IT’s fate.
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Survey reveals doctors’ pessimism about NPfIT
A survey of over 3000 doctors has revealed that the overwhelming majority are not optimistic that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will change the NHS – but only a small minority thought it should be abandoned at this stage. Only 9% of doctors expressed optimism about the programme’s potential to change the service and […]
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