Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. One of the main objectives of the […]
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Pathology links system said to be unsafe
The pathology links system is delivering inappropriately coded results in England which make it clinically unsafe because the codes used do not detail the result of the tests performed, a leading GP IT representative is warning. Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in Wimbledon and joint chairman of the GPC/RCGP IT committee, said the GPC has […]
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Scotland procures cardiac surgery information system
NHS Scotland has awarded the procurement of a tailored national cardiac surgery information system from Belfast firm Tomcat, which will be used for clinical reporting, scheduling and patient communication. As well as replacing the five existing legacy systems with one modern one for recording surgery, Tomcat has also been asked to design and install a […]
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Scotland considering buying replacement GP system
The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) is considering the procurement of an alternative IT system for Scottish GPs. Dr Stuart Scott, chair of the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioner Committee’s IT sub-committee, told EHI Primary Care that the SEHD are discussing the possible procurement of an alternative system with the SGPC and the RCGP. He added: […]
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Waiting to connect
How soon will GP2GP transfer be possible? EHI Primary Care looks at progress so far, and how much of the NPfIT needs to be in place before it becomes operational.
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New clinical representative groups to be established
A series of new clinical representative groups are to be established to provide a direct link for the first time between the Royal Colleges and various health professionals’ bodies and the NHS National programme for IT (NPfIT). E-Health Insider can exclusively reveal that three new bodies will be established: a new medical informatics group will […]
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Telemedicine recommended for rural areas
Greater use of telemedicine in country areas is one of a broad range of strategies recommended by the British Medical Association to tackle rural health problems. Citing examples from Scotland and the Falkland Islands, the report entitled Healthcare in a Rural Setting, concludes that telemedicine can give increased flexibility to healthcare service providers and allows them […]
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Scottish NHS IT reform spend inefficient, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s outgoing director for Scotland and new sales director for Europe, Gordon McKenzie, has spoken out against progress so far in Scottish health IT reform, calling current systems inefficient and fractured. “NHS Scotland is still operating in a piecemeal way,” he told Scotland . “Royal Bank of Scotland has 100,000 employees and one IT system. […]
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Vision users told they cannot be forced to switch
The National Vision User Group (NVUG), the independent body that represents users of InPractice Systems Vision primary care system has written to all Vision users to emphasise that there is no basis for anyone to force practices to switch away from using the Vision system. Published by the NVUG after a national meeting in early […]
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Glasgow network makes light work of data display
NHS Greater Glasgow has finalised the installation of a high-speed network that links all 19 PCTs and around half of the GP surgeries with Glasgow City Council allowing health and social care data to be collated and examined in one place, as well as fast transfer of images and pictures. A powerful portal system has […]
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