Flexibility key, says Forrest
In an exclusive interview, Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director for the North East of England sets out the challenges of making sure NPfIT is delivered.
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Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records
An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information about children held on the NHS Care Records Service could be shared with social care and education bodies, and what role the National Programme for IT, NHS trusts and local service providers have to play. The […]
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Research points to serious issues in EPR acceptability
A group of researchers at the University of Brighton spent two years looking at how electronic patient records were developed, implemented and used in maternity services. They summarise the findings below. ‘Few would dispute that the vision for the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) is acceptable. The majority of clinicians and clients would welcome the use […]
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ID cards on the way for healthcare entitlement
The government published plans published this week making clear that it wants to introduce identity cards which will be used eventually to establish entitlement to free healthcare and deter so-called health tourists. The Home Office plan, Identity Cards: the next steps, foresees the introduction of the health entitlement element of the scheme in the second phase […]
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Open Source: ‘A Frenzy of Consolidation?’
This week E-Health Insider launches a new ‘Open Source’ column for anyone interested in healthcare IT to voice their opinion. In this first article Phil Birchall, healthcare business development manager at InterSystems, comments on consolidation among healthcare IT suppliers in light of the Torex acquisition of Protos last week. As we move closer to the […]
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DH Shapes Up National IT Structures
The "Who Does What" debate at the top level of healthcare IT continues but the HC2003 audience at Harrogate this week got a glimpse on the shape of things to come for the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA), the Information Policy Unit (IPU) and the National IT Programme Department of Health (DH) director of research, information […]
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NHS ‘Numbers for Babies’ Goes Live
A new computerised ‘numbers for babies’ system went live across the NHS at midnight on 29 October, marking a significant step towards the goal of electronic patient records. Starting today all babies born in England and Wales are to be issued with an NHS number at birth, helping to ensure that personal records are consistent […]
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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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Luton & Dunstable Recognised for EPR Work
The Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust has been recognised in this year’s Public Private Finance Awards for the first stage of its Electronic Patient Record (EPR) project. The award was made to Luton & Dunstable and software supplier iSOFT in the category of best operational project under £20 million. Luton & Dunstable were nominated […]
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