Liverpool integrates walk-in centres with PCT database
Liverpool’s walk-in centres are to be electronically linked together to one central database to be viewed and accessed by all four centres. The new approach will be made possible by the planned implementation of the Clinical Solutions Walk-In Centre electronic patient record and nurse led consultation system across all of the sites. The Walk-In Centre […]
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A world of good
Some of the best ideas for e-health around the World were brought together for the Imagine Cup. Joe Fernandez reports.
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Granger promises summary care record pilots by Easter
Connecting for Health’s chief executive, Richard Granger, has revealed that the first pilots of the national summary care record project should be ready to begin by Easter. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium yesterday, Granger said that the delayed project summary record will be ready to begin rollout to initial pilot trusts by Easter. Dr […]
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Potential purchase of iSoft said to be nearing end-game
Newspaper reports today say that troubled software supplier iSoft is in talks with three final-stage bidders, naming US healthcare firms Cerner and McKesson, together with private equity firm General Atlantic Partners. According to the report in The Times discussions are at a late stage for the sale of the health software firm, which is at the […]
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NHS staff to be first for Office 2007
NHS employees are set to become some of the first people in the UK to get copies of Microsoft Office 2007 when it ships early next year. Thanks to the Home User Scheme of the NHS’s Enterprise Wide Agreement with Microsoft, health service employees will only have to pay a fraction of the standard price […]
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East Surrey goes live with new maternity system
East Surrey Hospital has gone live with the first implementation of a new maternity information system called Eclipse MIS. The system from Huntleigh Healthcare has been implemented over the past six months and required the migration of 25,000 patient records from the maternity unit’s old Protos system. The unit handles 4,000 deliveries a year and […]
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Trusts told not to download latest Internet Explorer
Connecting for Health has instructed NHS trusts not to download copies of the latest version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser until it can confirm the software works with national applications delivered by the programme and its prime contractors. Reports from NHS users indicate that the web-based Choose and Book application may have problems operating in conjunction with […]
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NHS Scotland signs Microsoft licensing deal
NHS Scotland has signed a national deal with Microsoft to supply office software and desktop operating systems at a discounted rate, saving an estimated £8m. Terms of the three-year deal were not disclosed, and the agreement is the first of its kind that NHS Scotland and Microsoft have signed together. Microsoft already has an enterprise-wide […]
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No mistake
Misspelt electronic records can have serious effects. Daloni Carlisle looks at the results of a three-year initiative to test the data quality of GPs’ patient lists.
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Complete Microsoft’s survey and help the NSPCC
Microsoft is developing a web portal dedicated to IT professionals working within the NHS. To ensure that they develop a site that best meets your needs they would like to hear from E-Health Insider readers through an online survey. For every 100 complete responses, Microsoft will donate £250 to the NSPCC. You can access the survey […]
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