MHRA warning on internet scam
The UK’s medicines and healthcare products watchdog has warned HIV and Aids sufferers not to fall for an internet scam claiming to have a miracle cure for their condition. The warning follows a raid on two locations in Leeds and Belfast, which found evidence that organised criminals linked to Zimbabwean gangs had set-up a website […]
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Cerner gets green light in London
NHS London and the NHS London Programme for IT have given the green light to further Cerner deployments in the capital.
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March before Royal Free CRS fixes assessed
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust says that it will be March before it is able to assess whether sufficient improvements have been made to the BT-supplied Cerner Care Records System. Problems caused by the CRS system were last year reported to have cost the trust £7.2m, disrupted the delivery of care and led to delays […]
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Philips scores top in patient monitoring
Royal Philips Electronics says its customers have rated Philips Healthcare in first place in overall service performance for Patient Monitoring Systems in a US survey carried out by IMV ServiceTrak. In the independent survey, customers were asked to rate patient monitoring systems manufacturers on a number of criteria. The 2008 US survey scores Philips in […]
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DH publishes EPS release two statutory directions
The Department of Health has published statutory directions for release two of the Electronic Prescription Service, which it hopes will start to go live in early 2009. The directions mean GP practices in the 17 early adopter PCTs can use the business processes introduced in release two including issuing prescriptions with electronic signatures, electronic cancellation […]
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Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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Remote access across North Mersey
North Mersey Health Informatics Service has implemented a remote access solution for community-based clinicians, using laptops and 3G services. Already, 90 clinicians who work in Mersey Care Trust’s learning disabilities directorate have been equipped with lightweight laptops and 3G wireless data cards, allowing them to access clinical information systems, email and electronic diaries. An independent evaluation by […]
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CSW Health goes into administration
Health IT firm CSW Group Ltd, the owners of CSW Health, the Oxford-based specialist in XML-based software applications, has been placed into administration. The development leaves the future support of a system used by ten London primary care trusts to monitor child vaccinations unclear. It also appears to throw a spanner into plans to develop […]
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NHS Direct drops foundation plans
NHS Direct has announced that it will not apply for foundation trust status “in the foreseeable future.” Its chief executive, Matt Tee, told E-Health Insider that it would instead pursue some of the freedoms offered to foundation trusts “without going through the Monitor process.” A strategic health authority lead commissioning arrangement will also be put […]
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