Singing in the rain
There’s a sunny outlook for healthcare IT in Scotland, Sarah Bruce hears at a conference in rainy Glasgow.
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Scotland looks at NHS office software
NHS National Services Scotland is providing NHS staff with free copies of a new NHS office product in order to find desktop software suitable to deploy across the NHS at a fraction of the price of Microsoft Office.
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NHS Wales starts on electronic discharge
The NHS Wales Informatics Service has announced the development of electronic discharge functionality for Welsh GP practices.
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O2 Health looks to centres of excellence
O2 Health has teamed up with NHS Western Isles, Berkshire East Community Health Services, and NHS Rotherham to help the company develop and trial a series of products it is due to launch over the coming years to the wider NHS.
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Scots GPs want NHS 24 awareness campaign
Scottish GPs are calling for the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland to do more to raise awareness of the role of NHS 24. The BMA’s Scottish General Practitioner Committee has urged the Scottish government to commission research to find out why patients are seeking more support out-of-hours and the decision making process that they go […]
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Scots assess i-device security
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has commissioned a security assessment of whether iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches are secure and suitable to be used within the hospital environment, ahead of trying a handover app from Cambric Systems.
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Scotland plans Key Information Summary
NHS National Services Scotland has announced it will develop a Key Information Summary that will be fully integrated with its Emergency Palliative Care Summary record.
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EMIS revenue and profits up
Healthcare IT company EMIS has announced an increase in profits for the first six months of the year from £5.8m to £6.7m. The company, which floated on the Alternative Investment Market in March, also saw revenue grow slightly from £28.9m in the first half of 2009 to £29m in January to June 2010. The company […]
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Chronic Medication Service launches
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched the country’s Chronic Medication Service, which aims to set up shared care records between GPs and pharmacists by the end of the year.
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Scottish ECS study ‘will show benefits’
The lead author of a critical incident study of the Emergency Care Record in Scotland has said that it shows that the record improves patient care by enabling safer decision making. Libby Morris said the study surveyed three acute receiving units and found that clinical decisions can be more timely, accurate and patient centered when using the ECS. […]
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