SCR patient consultation could be cut
The length of the patient information programme run before Summary Care Records are uploaded to the Spine could be cut by up to 50% if NHS Connecting for Health plans are agreed.
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NHS 24 takes call every two seconds
Scottish health helpline NHS 24 received one telephone call every two seconds at the height of demand for its service over Christmas. Dr George Crooks, medical director for NHS 24, said the service had been extremely busy over the holiday weekend, answering 37,590 calls over the four day Christmas period and 39,331 calls over the […]
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Six hundred volunteers test NHSmail
NHS Connecting for Health is planning to start “extended user acceptance testing” of the new NHSmail platform on Monday.
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Journalists warned of possible ECS breach
Seven BBC journalists have been told that information held on their Emergency Care Summary in Scotland may have been inappropriately accessed by a doctor. NHS Fife wrote to the seven after discovering that a doctor working for it may have accessed the records. The health board notified Fife Police and the clinician involved has now […]
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Dr Gray’s plans to be e-health centre
Dr Gray’s Hospital in the north of Scotland is aiming to set itself up as an e-health centre with a range of initiatives for remote communities. The hospital in Elgin, Moray, has set up a range of websites containing information for patients. It runs the highly successful website Menopause Matters which receives more than 1.7m […]
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NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches
Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper records at abandoned hospitals. NHS Tayside and NHS Lanarkshire have been ordered to sign an agreement to comply with the Data Protection Act (DPA) or face possible future prosecution. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: live on the night
Almost 400 people gathered at the Millennium Mayfair hotel for the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008. Lyn Whitfield was among them.
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists
BT e-Health Insider Awards: the winners
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust emerged as the overall winner of the BT e-Health Insider awards at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel last night.
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The secrets of e-health success
Jon Hoeksma reports on a symposium given by Dr Karl Stroetman at the World of Health IT conference.
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