New software for logging drug enquiries ready
New software that helps pharmacists in local medicine information centres to record and audit clinician enquiries about medication has been released this week, offering potential future expandability to the NHS Care Records Service and an update to some of the older, DOS-based systems. The MiDatabank system allows clinician enquiries about medication to be logged for future audit, […]
News
Predictive risk software launched for NHS
New predictive risk software which will provide the NHS with an ‘early warning’ system to help some patients avoid hospital admission was launched today by the Department of Health. The software, first reported by EHI Primary Care in July, uses a wide range of patient information to work out who is most at risk. […]
News
Decision on Boots ETP software due soon
Boots, the retail pharmacy chain, hopes to hear soon whether it has reached the criteria needed to obtain a certificate of deployment for its Smartscript software from NHS Connecting for Health. The software, which will eventually be used to enable the electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) has been installed in the vast majority of Boots’ […]
News
New QMAS software will focus on excluded patients
Changes to the payments software for the Quality and Outcomes Framework mean practices and primary care trusts will be able to check exception reporting details on the system from this autumn. Connecting for Health has announced changes to the functionality of the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) including the addition of exception reporting information. […]
News
Retinopathy software gets funding boost
Digital Healthcare, Cambridge-based manufacturers of ophthalmic and diabetic retinopathy software, have just announced that they have received £3m of funding from numerous venture capital and private equity firms. Rob Stichbury, MD of Digital Healthcare, spoke of his delight at the funding, which will be coming from Albany Ventures, Elaia Partners, Sitka Partners and YFM Private […]
News
Bed management software may reduce cancelled ops
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a bed management system in order to reach their target of reducing cancelled operations by 5%. The ExtraMed Beds system is web-based, and the information can be accessed anywhere from the hospital. The trust is hoping that the ability to plan ahead for patients who need to be […]
News
NHS Direct software may expand abroad after buyout
The firm that supplies the decision support software which forms the basis of the NHS Direct, NHS Direct Wales and Scotland’s NHS 24 telephone-based triage systems has been acquired by a consortium of investment companies, with the view of expanding overseas. CAS Services Ltd, the software company that has been supplying the ‘back end’ of […]
News
Free software for dentists estimates tooth decay risk
A researcher at a university in southern Sweden has developed a free piece of software that can calculate the risk of a dental patient developing tooth decay based on statistics such as number of cavities, use of fluoride and diet. Gunnel HÄnsel Petersson, at MÄlmo University College, won a £2,300 prize from the Patent Money […]
News
Irish GP software providers merge systems
The two largest primary healthcare software suppliers in Ireland have merged their systems, meaning that 60% of GPs – a total of 4000 – will be using software from the same company. Medicom Medical Solutions, the largest primary care software supplier in Ireland, has purchased the GP Clinical from Quantum Healthcare Informatics, who will now […]
News
Decision support software can reduce hospitalisation
A study published in this month’s American Journal of Managed Care has found that clinical decision support software, backed up with electronic health records, can help to reduce hospital admissions and costs. Hospital admissions of patients whose GPs were using decision support software were down by 19%, and costs were reduced by 13%. Nearly 35,000 […]
News