Data blindness
The latest scandal to hit the NHS was obscured for years in rows about data. Its legacy should be far better systems to capture patient experience.
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Wiltshire Health signs deal with System C
System C has signed a five-year contract with a consortium of GPs in Wiltshire providing services in the community that were traditionally delivered in the acute sector. The new consortium is called Wilcare Health Ltd, and is one of the new forms of primary care organisation being promoted by the government. Wilcare is in partnership with […]
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Heartlands rolls out JAC e-prescribing system
Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has started to roll out a JAC e-prescribing system across all three of its acute-care sites. The project, which JAC claims is the largest of its kind in the UK, will see company’s Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system deployed to cover 1,800 beds and all the […]
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Computer virus takes down Barts and the London
A computer virus has infected Barts and The London NHS Trust, shutting down the computer system that runs its three hospitals for more than 24-hours. The network went down on Monday lunchtime, taking out internet and email and other applications. A trust spokesperson told E-Health Insider: "The virus attacked yesterday afternoon, and the IT department put in place […]
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Vocera cuts Liverpool theatre delays
An NHS trust in Liverpool is using Vocera to improve communications between ward and theatre staff; helping them to work more efficiently and make better use of operating time.
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Healthcare Interoperability Preview 2
CRS problems cost Barts and the London £3m
Barts and the London NHS Trust projects a £3m shortfall in income this year due to serious data, reporting and technical problems with its new Cerner Millennium Care Records System. The new CRS system, installed by BT in April, has left the London trust unable to accurately report on inpatient and activity. As a result […]
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Cornwall tracks theatre products digitally
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying a new patient-level resource management system from COA Solutions to help keep track of product expenditure and stock levels in its operating theatres. The system, which uses barcode scanning technology, will replace previous paper-based stock management processes, which had been considered costly and inefficient. The Patient Resource […]
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Milton Keynes’ CRS caused ‘near melt down’
The deployment of a national programme care records system at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust “developed into an untenable situation which resulted in near melt down of the organisation.”
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No easy answers after Fujitsu
The NHS IT programme faces further delays and difficult decisions on what it does next after firing Fujitsu. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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