Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead
Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider about the centre’s responsibilities when it comes into being as a special authority on 1 April, 2005. The centre takes over some of the role of the NHS Information Authority, which is to be disbanded […]
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Decision support software review planned by NICE
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been asked by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to carry out a review of clinical decision support software. A spokesperson for NICE confirmed to E-Health Insider that a review was in the early stages of planning and development and that the NPfIT requested the review take […]
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Great Ormond Street selects JAC for drug management
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has signed a contract with JAC Computer Services, a division of US-based Mediware Information Systems, for the provision of medicine management software. The contract will deliver a computerised medicines management system to support the delivery of clinical-care processes associated with the prescribing and administration of medicines to children. […]
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RFID tags on medication introduced in US
US regulators the Food and Drug Administration have released guidance for the attachment of RFID tags to drug packaging in order to ensure “that the drugs available in the United States are among the safest in the world." “Radio Frequency Identification technology is an innovative response to the challenge of counterfeit drugs," said Health and […]
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Standard NHS user interface to be developed
Microsoft has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Programme for IT to deliver a standard user interface (UI) for all NHS clinical information systems. The announcement came at the same time as news of a long-term licensing agreement with the NHS for Microsoft software. Under the agreement relating to […]
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GPS helps dementia patients stay independent
The London Borough of Ealing is piloting a scheme that tracks mild dementia patients using GPS and mobile phones, allowing carers to find them if they get lost. The system, which was developed in partnership with Dr Frank Miskelly, from nearby Charing Cross Hospital, involves dementia sufferers wearing a GPS-enabled mobile in a secure holster […]
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Urgent need for joined-up IT to improve US healthcare
An influential new report identifies fragmentation as a key cause of problems in the American healthcare system and says IT can play a key role in creating a more integrated, patient-centric approach. The report says, however, that the IT infrastructure in use in US healthcare is itself fragmented, hindering efforts to improve patient care. It […]
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MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity
Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes on health connectivity. Neil Versel reports.
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Health connectivity: the global holy grail
SAN FRANCISCO— The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) may be the envy of many a country for its £6.2 billion bankroll, but the NHS officials and their counterparts abroad are finding that money is not the only obstacle to nationwide healthcare connectivity, Neil Versel reports from MedInfo, the 11th triennial world congress on medical […]
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The impact of the new National Care Record Service (NCRS) on primary care.
Kingsley Manning, Chief Executive of Newchurch Limited, discusses far-reaching effects that the National Care Record Service will have on primary care.
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