New moves on SystmOne NUG development
SystmOne users who want to make their voices heard by those making decisions about their IT system will soon have an opportunity to get involved in the development of a national user group. The idea of having an independent SystmOne national user group (NUG) was set in motion at a user meeting in 2007 run […]
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Does Lorenzo mean the end of GP electronic patient records?
GP Mary Hawking asks whether the introduction of shared electronic records marks the end of GP electronic records as they have been known to date.
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Libraries encouraged to offer Choose and Book
More than 3000 libraries across England are being encouraged to help patients use NHS Choices and Choose and Book to book their hospital appointment. Last year former health secretary Patricia Hewitt launched a six month library pilot Partnership for Patients which enabled librarians from 30 libraries in 10 areas support people using Choose and Book. […]
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Barts put back Millennium go live
The date for the go-live of Cerner Millennium at Barts and the London NHS Trust (BLT), seen by many as the acid test of BT’s ability to deliver Cerner into a complex London teaching hospital , has been delayed. E-Health Insider has learned the go-live has been put back from the weekend of 8-9 March […]
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Plans for limited Lorenzo delivery slip
Dates for the implementation of new Lorenzo clinical software in parts of two NHS trusts are continuing to slip.
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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine pilot
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network has extended its pilot of a telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch, to ten more PCTs.
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Millennium remains a ‘challenge’ at Worthing
The chief executive of Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust has said in a letter to staff that the Cerner Millennium system installed six months ago by Fujitsu continues “to be a challenge across the trust”. In a letter posted on the trust’s intranet, Stephen Cass, told staff: “All staff – whether you use the system […]
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Full Lorenzo benefits expected 2012
Latest plans for the delivery of the Lorenzo next generation clinical software system under the NHS IT programme show it is not expected to be fully implemented until 2012. The strategic software, currently under development by iSoft, is to be delivered by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in the North, East and Midlands, to three-fifths of […]
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Over 40 per cent of practices say PBC data poor
More than 40% of GP practices believe the information they receive for practice based commissioning (PBC) is poor or very poor, according to the latest Department of Health survey. The second quarterly survey of practices for 2007/8 shows little improvement since the survey was carried out three months earlier. A total of 41%, of the 1,398 […]
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Suspended doctor wins apology over share record
A junior doctor suspended by her employers for five years after objecting to her private medical records being given to researchers, has won a High Court battle forcing her employers to apologise to her in an open court session. The case highlights problems in the lack of patient consent in determining whether their records can […]
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