From dependence to responsibility
In the first of a two part article, Iain Anderson from Capgemini looks at the drivers for change in the way we address long-term conditions in the UK.
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Accreditation for e-prescription service software
Pharmacy software specialist, Systems Solutions, has received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health to transmit prescriptions electronically through N3, the NHS network. Systems Solutions’ announced that its flagship patient medication record (PMR) system, QicSCRIPT, which is currently live in over 1,200 Boots stores, was awarded the “Technical Authority to Deploy” certificate this week. It successfully […]
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New Cross gets electronic blood bank management
New Cross Hospital, part of the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with the latest version of Technidata’s TD BloodBank solution for blood transfusion management. The updated TD Bloodbank software includes a new sample validation module, positive antibody alerts and blood pack storage facilities. Mike Herbert, blood bank manager at New Cross Hospital, […]
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National Knowledge Service aims high
Building a centralised electronic National Knowledge Service, that will deliver focused clinical knowledge to clinicians when they need it, has become the key aim of NHS Connecting for Health’s (CfH) new Knowledge, Process and Safety Directorate. The National Knowledge Service (NKS) will seek to ensure "that all decisions are based not only the best current […]
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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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Wirral’s gateway to care
Pete Marsh, technical director of Wirral Health Informatics, outlines the needs and obstacles often not considered by those implementing clinical IT systems.
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National patient safety database delivers first results
The National Patient Safety Agency has published its first report on patient safety incidents across the NHS in England and Wales using data from a new national patient safety database designed to help reduce adverse incidents and harm to patients. The report, ‘Building a memory: preventing harm, reducing risks and improving patient safety’, has been […]
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Pharmacy system accredited for ETP
A patient medication record software for pharmacies, eclipsePMR, has successfully completed testing for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) and will begin its first installation next week. Michele Hulme, commercial director of Hadley Healthcare, said: "We have just passed the sandpit test. The next stage from that is putting the system live." The practice and the pharmacy, […]
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Secondary uses pose confidentiality challenge
Meeting the NHS’s need for more information while supporting individuals’ rights to confidentiality is a key challenge for the Secondary Uses Service, according to its leader. Jeremy Thorp, chair of the Secondary Uses Service project board, told the British Computer Society’s primary healthcare specialist group: “Through the NHS Care Record Service CRS we’ve got the […]
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Tag team care
Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care and health administration.
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