Hereford deploys Lorenzo R1
Hereford Hospital Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust has gone-live with Lorenzo in its rheumatology department. The trust went live at the start of September with Release 1 of the iSoft electronic patient record in a CSC implementation as part of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Andrew Spence, CSC’s director of healthcare strategy, told […]
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Specialists dispute keyword changes for C+B
A dispute between specialists and the Department of Health over use of keywords for Choose and Book clinic types has led the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) to recommend that consultants do not populate their directories of services. Dr Andrew Bamji, the society’s president, said that he and other members spent the last year drawing up […]
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Can Clinical Trials Be Done on the Internet?
The Internet offers opportunities for studying some treatments quickly and effectively, according to a feasibility trial published in the British Medical Journal. There appear to be limits to the usefulness of the method explored, however. The study, conducted by rheumatology staff at the at the Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, suggested that the Internet-based approach […]
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In Practice Systems and in4tek Partner to Deliver ICRS
In Practice Systems and in4tek have formed a partnership in order to jointly provide an integrated PCT/StHA solution to meet the expanding needs of the NHS National Programme “Delivering 21st Century IT Support for the NHS”. The two companies say that the new partnership will enable them to offer a solution able to address all aspects of […]
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