Ethitec extends community EPR for Leicester PCTs
Six primary care trusts in Leicestershire have begun work on implementing a community electronic patient record system for children’s systems supplied by Ethitec. The six PCTs will use the Ethitec Tiara9 EPR for child physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and podiatry services, bringing these therapies onto the same multi-professional clinical record system that is already supporting […]
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Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards
Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and social care awards. OT Direct, a service run by Hampshire County Council, enables service users who require occupational therapy equipment to call a dedicated telephone line where requests are triaged. Those requiring simple equipment such […]
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Key role for NCRS in dual registration
The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices and emphasised the role the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) would need to play in such a plan. In its submission to the government’s consultation on the future of care outside hospital, the BMA says […]
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