Over 90 percent of patients recall choice discussions
More than 90% of patients who were referred to hospital in the first three months of this year discussed choice of hospital with their GP, according to the results of a Department of Health survey of almost 270,000 patients. The results of the National GP Patient Surveys on Access and Choice for 2006/7, published today […]
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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine ECG service
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have successfully piloted a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients and will now roll the system out to a total of almost 150 practices. The system allows 12-lead ECGs to be carried out in the GP practice by a doctor […]
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Cerner to offer full 18-week wait reporting by autumn
Evidence of the different approaches being pursued by Fujitsu the NHS IT local service provider (LSP) in the South of England and BT, the LSP for London, has emerged over how to obtain 18-week reporting from the Cerner Millennium software they are both offering. Cerner has exclusively told E-Health Insider that it will provide tools […]
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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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Training Day DNAs
While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA – ‘did not attend’ – rates for patients attending hospital and GP appointments, a hidden DNA rate remains worryingly high among the staff themselves, Niall Shanahan explains.
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT
Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being offered by Fujitsu under the NHS IT Programme (NPfIT). Fujitsu, the local service provider for the South, has told E-Health Insider, that it is working with SHAs and trusts to provide them with systems that best […]
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Bridgwater deploys telemedicine ECG software
Bridgwater Community Hospital has deployed a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients attending its Urgent Treatment Centre. The centre, based in Somerset, provides unscheduled care for almost 20,000 patients per year and chose to use the telemedicine software to help reduce pressures on healthcare providers within the […]
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Newham council tracks health equipment
The London Borough of Newham’s integrated community equipment service (ICES) has chosen Ethitec’s ELMS2 software to manage all the loans made from the council’s social services team, including web-browser access for the first time. ICES is a DH-funded initiative across health and social care to develop community equipment services in England, desigend to remove unnecessary […]
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GPs say N3 slow speeds limiting use of systems
GPs are reporting more problems with N3 connections and system speeds which they say are affecting their ability to run both Connecting for Health applications and local surgery systems. The problems appear to be particularly acute for practices with branch surgeries. In Kent Dr Stephen Meech’s Maidstone practice has a 1MB connection which he has […]
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Liquidlogic deploys e-SAP in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Council has become the latest local authority to deploy Single Assessment Process software from Liquidlogic in a bid to deliver electronic data sharing and remote working between the council’s social care department and Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust. The single assessment process (SAP) for older people was introduced in the National Service Framework for Older […]
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