Teleservices free up clinician’s time at Blackpool hospitals
Video conference initiatives are allowing clinicians to have direct contact with patients without having to travel between hospitals.
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GP plans nursing home access to records
A GP is to explore giving nursing home staff electronic access to patient records in a move he claims could save the NHS millions of pounds. Dr Amir Hannan, a GP in Hyde Cheshire who has pioneered patient access to records, has launched a project to enable a local nursing home to access patient records, […]
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London runs reverse auctions for care
The London Procurement Programme has carried out a number of online reverse auctions for care for patients who are physically frail, mentally ill and requiring end of life care. The LPP, which was established by NHS London to maximise its purchasing power, conducted the auctions on behalf of the capital’s 31 primary care trusts. The […]
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Helix Health links up with Quicksilva
Irish health IT system supplier Helix Health has announced that it has linked up with Quicksilva to achieve compliance with release two of the Electronic Prescription Service in England. Healthcare systems and services specialist Quicksilva is to supply Helix Health with its Compliance-in-a-box consultancy service, Spine Gateway managed service and Spine-in-a-box test harness. Quicksilva said […]
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Summary care record delayed and abridged
The content of the summary record uploaded to the spine will be cut back to include just allergy and prescription information initially, Connecting for Health (CfH) has decided. The decision to significantly abridge the initial content of the record has been made to allay GPs’ concerns over the accuracy of their records. It could also […]
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Patients view their GP records at home over web
Two patients from a Derbyshire practice have viewed their GP records over the internet from home as part of a trial the practice hopes to extend to 1000 patients over the next 18 months. The trailblazing project is being run at Hadfield Medical Centre in Derbyshire by GP, Dr Richard Fitton, a pioneer of patient […]
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