Forensic computing helps NHS save over £800m
The NHS Forensic Computing Unit has helped the service save over £800m in the last seven years, according to figures released by the NHS Counter Fraud Service. Since October 2003, the unit, part of the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management service, has worked on over 100 fraud cases with a potential value of approximately […]
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Newcastle looks outside CfH for maternity
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone out to tender for a new maternity system and key elements of a new electronic health record system, outside the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The trust is making the move to mitigate risks created by delays to the Connecting for Health programme growing beyond the current two […]
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First chief clinical officer appointed by CfH
Professor Michael Thick has been appointed as Connecting for Health’s first chief clinical officer. The new chief clinical officer, who takes up his post with immediate effect, will be responsible for clinical governance and risk and safety management, and according to the agency will be "key to engaging stakeholders in the work of NHS CfH." […]
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Trusts make use of orthopaedic template software
Ferrania UK has announced that eight NHS trusts are now using its LifeWeb TraumaCad orthopaedic templating software. The TraumaCad solution is said to provide a quick, easy-to-use solution for routine pre-surgical templating, through importing and exporting of any PACS file (CT, X-ray etc.). JPEG scanner and digital camera pictures can also be imported. Ferrania say […]
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New medical students to face computer test
Many students applying to university to study medicine or dentistry will be required to undergo a 90-minute computer aptitude test as part of their course application. The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), which is being developed by a consortium of universities with testing company Pearson VUE, will affect students applying to 24 medicalschools nationwide, […]
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Newcastle opts for ChemoCare
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide the foundations, if required, for deployment across the entire Northern Cancer Network. CliniSys Solutions has won the contract with its ChemoCare chemotherapy prescribing solution – a multi pharmacy application for adults, haematology and paediatrics. Dr […]
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Electronic medication reminders help elderly
PCTs in Staffordshire have started piloting a scheme where elderly people are reminded to take their medication with an electronic prompting device. The Medicine Reminder Initiative, a collaboration between housing services, pharmacists, social services and Newcastle under Lyme and South West Staffordshire PCT, was started in order to give vulnerable people support in remembering […]
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NHSU online learning forums may close
The future of the Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks (CHAINs), online forums for sharing research, ideas and event announcements, is in jeopardy pending the shutdown of the NHSU. A message sent to the group’s 4000 members explained that NHSU’s replacements, NILSI and the NHS Institute would not continue to support the service, and neither would […]
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Good telecare comes in small packages, argue researchers
Research undertaken by the University of Newcastle has revealed that service-specific telemedicine and videoconferencing systems are of limited value to improvement of health. Instead, greater promise can be found in more portable, scalable telecare systems integrated properly into workflow systems. Speaking to E-Health Insider, research leader Professor Carl May was careful to point out the […]
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PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust
North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which fall in rural areas. According to Ferrania, the filmless system will have particular benefits for the trust as it will save them money and time transporting copies of files between sites, as well as cutting […]
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