Everything you know is wrong
In a personal account of implementing NPfIT systems, Jeff Jacklin, former head of IT at Milton Keynes hospital explains the first lesson of working with NPfIT: forget everything you’ve learnt to date.
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Forces medical records system ready to roll out
Derek Twiggs meets staff at RAP Following successful pilots, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) is due to be deployed progressively around military bases in the UK and abroad by August next year. The DMICP, developed by LogicaCMG, will allow instant access to military personnel’s health history from any enabled system, in a field […]
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CfH awards BT contract to replace NSTS
A new service developed by BT, called the Demographics Batch Service (DBS) is set to replace the NHS Strategic Tracing Service (NSTS) batch trace in summer 2008. The new system will provide access to the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) for all trusts using legacy systems not already linked to the PDS. Ultimately it will be […]
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It’s all about access
David Baker, MD of Clinical Solutions, tells Jon Hoeksma, that his company’s strategy is based on providing the means to access to health services, no matter the point of contact or circumstances.
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Newgate Technology begins Northern Ireland EPR roll-out
Newgate Technology, a Scottish-based health software and data collection specialist, has won a tender to deploy a regional theatre management system into 16 hospitals in Northern Ireland. As part of the project Newgate have begun work on piloting their theatre electronic patient record (EPR) software, a system called Nexus, at the Belfast City Hospital. The […]
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MPs call for pharmacists to have access to CRS
Pharmacists in primary and secondary care must be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), according to a report from MPs. The All-Party Pharmacy Group’s (APPG) report on the Future of Pharmacy argues that pharmacy needs access to the NCRS to realise its potential as a health service provider and criticises Connecting […]
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BT Health MD: we need some acutes under our belt
BT Health managing director, Patrick O’Connell, has told E-Health Insider that the pressure is mounting to deliver new systems to acute trusts in London if the company is to solidify its position as a local service provider to the NHS in the capital under the National Programme for IT. In an exclusive interview published in […]
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BT’s big mission
In an exclusive interview BT Health’s managing director Patrick O’Connell updates EHI’s Jon Hoeksma how BT is progressing on its three NPfIT contracts.
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First EPS release two trusts announced
Five primary care trusts will go live with release two of the Electronic Prescription Service from October, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. Berkshire East, Leicestershire County and Rutland, Liverpool, Southwark and Sunderland PCTs have been chosen as initial implementers for release two which will enable prescribers to sign prescriptions electronically and enable patients to […]
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GPs say Choose and Book currently ‘unfit for purpose’
GP representatives have rejected calls for Choose and Book to be suspended but have branded the scheme as currently unfit for purpose. Last week’s National Local Medical Committees’ (LMCs) Conference described the e-booking system as a politically-driven initiative that was being manipulated by some hospital trusts and primary care organisations to limit choice for patients […]
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