Increased mortality after drug entry system installed
Researchers in the US have found a surprise rise in the mortality rates in a children’s hospital since the implementation of a software system designed to reduce adverse drug effects. The computerised physician order entry system (CPOE) was installed over a period of six days in the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. The study was undertaken […]
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Private practice management system launched
A new practice management system for the private healthcare sector has been launched by PHF Services Ltd, designed to reduce the administrative load on consultants in the private sector. Virtual Practice Management is described as a comprehensive administration package including incorporating diary management, transcription and financial services that can help consultants maximise their private […]
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GP system choice being blocked and mocked
A Hertfordshire IT manager reported that he was laughed at when he told his local service provider (LSP) that he wanted to use an EMIS computer system rather than the two systems offered routinely in his area. The position apparently flies in the face of a pledge in March from John Hutton, then health minister, […]
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Lab system supplier gets N3 nod
Labs system software supplier Technidata UK has announced that it has become among the first independent software suppliers to be given the right for their products to connect to N3, the new NHS network being installed under the National Programme for IT. Paul McKenna, implementation and training manager at Technidata UK, told E-Health Insider […]
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GP system choice still under negotiation with LSPs
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) is unable to provide a firm date on when arrangements will be finalised to provide GPs with choice on their practice software. New arrangements for delivering GP choice were first promised by CfH in March, following a protest campaign by GPs unhappy at the lack of system choice that had […]
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SMS event alert system planned for care workers
iSentry have announced the release of their Digital Witness service, a web-based compliance monitoring and alert system aimed at health and social care workers. The system has been tested by the Devon and Cornwall Autistic Community Trust (Spectrum) and is already in use there. The Digital Witness system allows workers to enter event records they […]
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Patient-based web mapping system piloted
A mapping and feedback system that allows patients to flag up problems with their journey through the NHS system is being tested in a GP’s surgery in Whitechapel, east London. The web-based system, called Journeys, was developed by healthcare design consultancy, Thinkpublic. It allows patients to document their experiences throughout their journey through the NHS […]
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Cerner wins Wirral system replacement contract
US health systems specialists, Cerner Corporation, have been named as the preferred supplier to replace the ageing clinical IT system at Wirral Hospital NHS Trust. The contract win was widely predicted for Cerner at the trust which credited with much pioneering work on the use of IT in acute NHS care. The independent procurement outside […]
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Pharmacy system accredited for ETP
A patient medication record software for pharmacies, eclipsePMR, has successfully completed testing for electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) and will begin its first installation next week. Michele Hulme, commercial director of Hadley Healthcare, said: "We have just passed the sandpit test. The next stage from that is putting the system live." The practice and the pharmacy, […]
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National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland
iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) went live in Aberdeen Children’s Hospital in May and in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in January and May respectively. iSOFT is rolling out the rest of the system to NHS Grampian, and plans to have […]
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