PCT commissioning data and IT suppliers named
Suppliers offering expertise in data analysis and IT solutions to support commissioning are included in the 14 organisations chosen by the Department of Health to provide PCTs with support. The DH last week announced the names of the suppliers it has selected for its Framework for procuring External Support for Commissioners (FESC). The framework is […]
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UK Biobank begins recruiting using NHS data
UK Biobank, the medical research charity-backed DNA database, has begun using demographic data supplied by the NHS to begin recruiting half a million individuals to participate in the long-term research project. The Department of Health is helping the charity to invite the right people by using electronic NHS records to generate personalised invitations. UK Biobank […]
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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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New web tool to target health inequalities
A new web-based tool designed to help primary care trusts to make better use of evidence-based measures to improve life expectancy in areas of below average health has been launched by the Department of Health. The tool, jointly developed by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO), and the DH, has been designed specifically for […]
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It’s all about access
David Baker, MD of Clinical Solutions, tells Jon Hoeksma, that his company’s strategy is based on providing the means to access to health services, no matter the point of contact or circumstances.
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iPlato deploy SMS to Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Health text messaging specialists iPlato have agreed a deal to provide their patient care messaging service to 26 doctors’ surgeries in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham covering over 165,000 patients. The deal is iPlato’s largest deployment to date and will allow patients to interact with their surgery via mobile text messaging on a […]
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BMJ Health Intelligence launched
The BMJ Group has launched a web-based public health resource including data, cost effectiveness information plus information on local projects, policies and guidelines. BMJ Health Intelligence is being offered to primary care trusts, local authorities and GP practices via an annual subscription based on the size of their population. The BMJ Group says the online […]
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DH explains summary and detailed records
Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will work in England has been released by the Department of Health. The guidance re-iterates that only the Summary Care Record (SCR) will be a national system, and that patients can opt-out from data being visible […]
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New deal to deploy data mining tool
Quicksilva Software Solutions has secured a deal with life sciences specialists Applied InSilico to deploy their artificial intelligence-based data mining tool called ELE, the Evolutionary Learning Environment, globally. ELE is a data analysis tool capable of reviewing huge and complex volumes of information quickly. This enables it to uncover relationships between diseases and genes and […]
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Patient access to records ‘can bring benefits to PCTs’
Patient access to records can help primary care trusts meet their fitness for purpose targets, the Healthcare Computing conference heard. Colin Cohen, head of informatics at Tameside and Glossop PCT which has been involved in pioneering work on record access, told the conference about the benefits of allowing patients to view their records. He said: […]
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