New Information Centre launched
The start of the new NHS financial year sees another round of musical chairs with the abolition of the old NHS Information Authority (IA) and creation of the new Health and Social Care Information Centre as a new authority, and the National Programme for IT morph into an executive agency called ‘Connecting for Health’. The […]
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John Radcliffe develops e-prescribing for blood
John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, is developing a new electronic prescribing system for blood products to support its transfusion processes. The aim is to improve patient safety and cut inappropriate blood prescribing. The initiative is the latest step in the development of its electronic blood transfusion system, which uses […]
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Hull green lights A&E patient progress software
IT staff at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have developed an alert system for the A&E department that displays each patient’s progress and location, with ‘traffic-lights’ that warn how close to the Government’s four-hour waiting time target they are. The software, which is currently unnamed, was developed by Alan Wilson in the PCT’s IT department and […]
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Patient and clinical advisory boards to be replaced
A new Care Record Development Board (CRDB) is to be created to help ensure NHS IT helps deliver better patient care. The new body will replace the National Programme for IT’s Patient Advisory Board (PAB) and National Clinical Advisory Board (NCAB). The CRDB will be chaired by Harry Clayton the Department of Health’s director for […]
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Electronic hospital prescribing brought forward to 2006
Health Minister Lord Warner is to fast-track the introduction of electronic hospital prescribing in response to the recent report by National Cancer Director, Professor Mike Richards. Professor Richards’ report stated that cancer drugs recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) are often unavailable in certain areas of the UK, and blames lack of […]
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Brighton and Sussex selects Capula Elan
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a three-year deal to Capula Elan to modernise its ageing patient administration systems (PAS). Capula Elan will replace the trust’s existing PAS systems, supplied by Torex and IRC, with its Oasis system. The three-year contract covers two major hospital sites and six organisations. The deal is […]
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GHX and vamedis* Link in e-Procurement Consolidation
The Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has struck an agreement with German-based e-procurement solutions provider, vamedis*, to acquire vamedis*’ browser technology and offer the company’s customers membership of the GHX trading platform. vamedis* will become a shareholder in GHX and will be represented on its board. The move – a significant step in the consolidation of […]
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European Mobile Health Takes First Steps
Mobile health aims to do nothing less than turn traditional healthcare on its head. As numerous speakers at Mobile Health Europe pointed out, to describe care provided away from a doctor’s office or hospital clinic as "remote care" misses the point entirely if you’re a patient. The promise of mobile healthcare is to enable care […]
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Department of Health awards £325m HR and Payroll Contract
The UK Department of Health (DH) has awarded a £325 million contract — the largest IT contract yet awarded within the NHS — for an integrated HR and payroll system for the NHS in England and Wales to a consortium led by US health IT firm McKesson. The HR and Payroll contract, described as the […]
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HealthNexis Merges with Global Health Exchange
Online health e-business firms Global Healthcare Exchange(GHX) and HealthNexis have announced plans to combine their operations into a single, comprehensive Internet-based exchange. Supplier members of both organisations will be connected to GHX’s growing membership of 70 integrated delivery networks (IDNs), representing nearly 600 hospitals. The combined exchange will operate under the name Global Healthcare Exchange, […]
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