Study Questions Criticism of Online Health Advice
A new study suggests that despite much adverse press coverage there is little evidence to discourage consumers from obtaining health information from the Internet. The authors of the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, criticise previous studies and media reports, which have suggested that up to 90 per cent of health […]
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Plymouth Hospitals Go Live with E-Procurement
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has begun to trade electronically with its suppliers using EROS version 4.4 – the first e-purchasing system in Europe to be developed which includes built in Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) functionality. Plymouth is the first NHS trust that GHX and Crown Agents Purchasing Services (CAPS) have worked together with to provide […]
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Information is a Board Issue says NHS Chief
NHS chief executive, Nigel Crisp, has issued a firm reminder to chairs and chief executives that data quality is their responsibility. In the latest Chief Executive’s Bulletin, Mr Crisp, writes, “Data quality is an issue for NHS boards and senior managers. It is not something to be left solely to information specialists.” He refers to […]
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Leapfrog Group Extends Reach
The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best practice standards, has announced that 12 new regions of the US are to adopt the group’s patient safety standards. According to research by the US Institute of Health tens of thousands of Americans die and […]
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CareZone Receives DoH Funding
The UK Department of Health has announced a £1 million investment in CareZone, an online initiative to provide range of secure online services for children in public care. CareZone will offer a package of child-centred Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services developed by The Who Cares? Trust, a national charity working to improve the lives […]
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NHS Needs To Double IT Spending – Wanless
A doubling of spending on information and communication technology will be needed to fund ambitious targets set out in the NHS Information Strategy, according to the Wanless Review on healthcare funding commissioned by The Treasury. The report’s author, former NatWest Group chief executive, Derek Wanless, and his review team recommend that the money should be […]
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Instant Medical History Comes to Europe
One of the biggest obstacles to electronic records is getting doctors to enter patient details onto systems electronically. A US company, Primetime Medical Software, believes it has the answer – get patients to enter their own medical history. Instant Medical History (IMH) is based on getting patients to complete a series of simple, yet highly […]
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RCN Signs $6.5m Contract with Axia
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Axia NetMedia Corporation of Canada announced a $6.5m deal this week to create an online professional development application for the college’s 340,000 members. The project will run over seven years and cover both the development and maintenance of the application. RCN Learning Zone is the title chosen for […]
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Audit Commission says Information Quality a Priority
The Audit Commission has published a new report highlighting the need for NHS organisations to take urgent steps to improve the quality of data used in administrative and clinical systems. ‘Data Remember: Improving the quality of patient-based information in the NHS’, mainly focuses on the quality of data used in administrative systems, and says that […]
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New Quality Mark Launched for Health Information
A new website and "Triangle Mark" have been launched by the Centre for Health Information Quality (C-H-i-Q’s) to help raise standards for online and offline health information. The new site Hi Quality, has been backed by Department of Health funding , and was developed as part of C-H-i-Q’s quality assurance programme, recently implemented across all […]
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