Uncertainty Over London IT Chief’s Post
E-Health Insider has learned that in a surprise move it has been decided not to appoint a co-ordinating chief information officer for NHS IT across London. It had been expected that an appointment would be made last week for the new senior NHS IT post. Instead the selection panel, understood to include the new national […]
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Planning Blight Accusation For IT Programme
Over 300 IT suppliers and would-be suppliers to the NHS packed the QE2 Conference Centre in London last week for an update on the National IT Programme – but they found hard news of progress thin on the ground. BBC science correspondent, Fergus Walsh, who chaired the event, conveyed the opinion of a participant who […]
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Mid-Cheshire Selects IMS Maxims
IMS Maxims plc has announced it has signed a contract for its care pathways and results reporting system to Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The initial five year contract will link five core specialties to the trust’s iSoft-supplied Patient Administration System (PAS) and form the basis for level 3 EPR throughout the Trust. The five-year contract […]
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PiRiLiS Offers A Life Saving Time Saver
A modern Web-based link has replaced motorbike couriers weaving through busy London traffic to bring prompt expert advice on head injury from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neuroscience in Holborn to the accident and emergency unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. ComMedica, the spin-off company from Imperial College, London, has set up an instant […]
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SW London Tackles Staff Recruitment Via the Internet
A new Internet-based workforce management system has been developed by the South West London Workforce Development Confederation (WDC) to promote job vacancies and match people to NHS jobs more effectively. The confederation is one of 27 new WDCs in England responsible for healthcare employment and training issues throughout their geographical areas. According to Parity, the […]
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Three London Trusts Sign £5m Deal with iSOFT
NHS trusts in South East London’s Lambeth Lewisham and Southwark Collaboration have signed three contracts worth £5m with healthcare applications systems supplier, iSOFT. The three trusts involved – Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Trusts and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust – will use iSOFT’s Patient Management System (PiMS). The eight year […]
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ComMedica Unveils Web-Based Patient Record
ComMedica, a spinout company from London University’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, this week formally unveiled its Patient Record Library System (PiRiLiS) at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Windsor. The web-based system is being used for pathology and radiology records initially and is receiving enthusiastic support from consultant users who can gain remote access to […]
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Virtual Consultations Could Save Unnecessary Tests
A large scale telemedicine trial published in The Lancet demonstrates that virtual outpatient appointments conducted using videoconference technology can reduce unnecessary and duplicated tests and improve patient satisfaction. Unexpectedly, however, the study did not produce a drop in the number of follow up appointments needed after the initial consultation. In fact 52% of patients in […]
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NHS LifeHouse to Test Patient Smart Cards
A study by NHS LifeHouse , a London NHS R&D funded group, is to begin later this year to assess the feasibility of electronic patient smart cards is set to begin in Hillingdon, London. The project, which aims to begin by the autumn, will look at the feasibility of issuing a smart card to all […]
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Instant Medical History Comes to Europe
One of the biggest obstacles to electronic records is getting doctors to enter patient details onto systems electronically. A US company, Primetime Medical Software, believes it has the answer – get patients to enter their own medical history. Instant Medical History (IMH) is based on getting patients to complete a series of simple, yet highly […]
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