QRisk could cut heart disease
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that the QRisk formula for identifying those most at risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) replace the current guidance in England and Wales QRisk is an online calculator which works out a patient’s risk of getting CVD, created by doctors and academics from the QResearch board […]
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North Tees emergency unit opens with wireless
Emergency staff at the University Hospital of North Tees are using wireless technology to treat patients at their bedside and monitor bed occupancy in the hospital’s new emergency assessment unit. The new unit uses the trust’s wireless network to allow staff to use a mobile workstation at the patient’s bedside. An electronic whiteboard has also […]
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NICE looks at pathways to electronic guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is looking at new ways of providing its guidance electronically – and wants clinicians’ help to get it right. NICE is currently recruiting users of its guidance to a virtual community providing feedback on its electronic guidance access project (EGAP). If a pilot programme running until […]
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Patient UK website launches interactive forum
EMIS has announced that its health information website, Patient UK, is launching a new interactive forum, called Patient Experience, to encourage more people to share their real-life experiences. The website already attracts over 2.5m monthly visitors and the GP clinical software supplier feels that now is the right time to open the site up to […]
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Online service launched for antenatal screening
A new web-based antenatal screening service has been launched to supplement screening available on the NHS. Genio, which offers antenatal screening for a wide range of conditions, was launched this month by Capex Health Services. Its directors believe that it is the first online service of its kind in the UK, but stress that they […]
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NICE announces implementation guidance databases
Two new online databases have been launched by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to help support the implementation of its clinical guidance. The databases were launched at NICE’s annual conference in Birmingham earlier this month and are aimed at supporting NHS trusts in implementing medical guidelines laid down by the organisation. […]
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Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems
The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not a single hospital has yet received a new system, and a leading obstetrician has warned that the delays are creating potential “clinical risks” to mothers and children. The lengthy delays to maternity software are causing […]
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COPD in Carlisle
Wendy McLellan of Tunstall explains how a telecare project for COPD in Carlisle is helping keep reduce costs through proactive patient management.
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First for Carecast
UCLH is the first in the capital to have IDX’s CareCast up and running. E-Health Insider finds out how the newly-built hospital is taking to the system.
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One PCT qualified for Choose and Book payment
Durham Dales Primary Care Trust has been confirmed as the only PCT in England to qualify for the second stage of the Choose and Book incentive scheme. Officials from the Department of Health visited the PCT just before Christmas and the PCT heard that it had qualified for the £100,000 payment for referring 50% of […]
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