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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Choice without C&B
The patient choice agenda is going ahead despite delays in rollout of electronic bookings over Choose and Book, E-Health Insider reports.
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Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure
A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient climate of conflict’ associated with the adoption of the new way of working. The qualitative study, reported in the British Medical Journal, was completed during an implementation by Kaiser Permanente, the US’ largest non-profit healthcare […]
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A quarter of all diabetics undiagnosed
A quarter of all people who have diabetes remain undiagnosed, leaving them at serious risk of developing serious complications. The findings come from the largest ever UK clinical audit of diabetes care, carried out by the Health and Social Care Information Centre on behalf of the Healthcare Commission. In one of the largest audits of […]
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Tech industry concerned about NICE appraisal cuts
The Association for British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) has expressed concern that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s reduction in the number of its appraisal committees will result in patients "missing out" on new technology. The ABHI, a trade association that represents several computer hardware and software suppliers to the NHS as well as medical […]
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A wristband that checks the right drug? Brilliant
A student at Brunel University has won an industry prize for designing a hospital wristband, called ‘Brilliant’, that can check the dose and type of drugs being administered to patients. The wristband (right), designed by Claire Dunne, who studied industrial design and technology at Brunel, is worn by the patient and contains a touch memory sensor to […]
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