NHS electronic appraisals to be extended
An online package for filling out NHS appraisals is to be extended from GPs and consultants to more levels of staff, namely staff and associate specialists and non-consultant career grades. The NHS Appraisal Toolkit allows doctors to prepare their documentation at both pre- and post-appraisal, keep an “electronic appraisal record" and also share the signed-off […]
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NHS Scotland begins national EPR procurement
The NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland, has issued an OJEU invitation for expressions of interest for systems and services to support the national development of electronic patient records. NHS Scotland plans to procure a system known as Generic Clinical System (GCS), which will provide a set of tools to facilitate flexible […]
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Apollo partners with Microtest
Apollo Medical Systems Ltd have announced an agreement with Microtest Ltd, an IT supplier to the primary health care market, which will see Microtest use Apollo’s remote audit toolkit A3 in Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). A3 will form Microtest’s preferred solution for PCTs to enable them to meet the information requirements set out in the […]
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Wirral Health Informatics Service extends EHR capabilities
The Wirral Health Informatics Service (WHIS) has extended the capability of its pilot electronic health record (EHR) system by installing a forms creation toolkit from i-Health. According to New Zealand-based health IT vendor i-Health, the new toolkit will enable WHIS to provide a Wirral-wide solution for referrals, orders and messaging, for all its "customers" in […]
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Electronic Social Care Record To Be Phased
The December 2004 target for implementing full electronic social care records (ESCR) is not achievable and the roll-out is now due to take place between 2008-2010, at the same time as the English NHS integrated care record service (ICRS), a conference heard this week. Roger Staton, head of the Social Care Information Policy Unit at […]
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Over 2000 Reponses For NHSIA Confidentiality Campaign
Over 2000 responses to the NHS Information Authority’s national consultation on confidentiality are being analysed and early results are expected in April. Speaking to E-Health Insider, the authority’s head of patient and citizen relations, Marlene Winfield, said 2400 responses had been received using the consultation questionnaire, along with 100 letters. Around 50% of the responses […]
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Information Will Play a Key Role in Diabetes NSF
The Department of Health’s new diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) envisages a key role for information in the management of this widespread and increasingly common condition. A Diabetes Information Strategy has been published alongside the NSF by the Information Policy Unit,a move described as “absolutely essential” by campaigning charity, Diabetes UK. Factors such as the […]
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Multilex Announces Enhanced Sensitivity Checking
First DataBank Europe , the provider of point-of-care databases has launched Enhanced Sensitivity Checking as a new feature of its Multilex Drug Data File Multilex DDF). The new feature offers a more sophisticated way to highlight potential drug – patient sensitivity safety issues to clinicians, a key requirement in reducing medication errors. Previously, within electronic […]
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Government Urged to be Patient on Patient Records
The Government should accept that the 2005 target for electronic patient records will be missed and not be panicked into a national big bang approach that could have disastrous consequences for the health service, leading IT suppliers have warned. Having already accepted that the 2002 target for 35% of NHS trusts to have level three […]
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Online Toolkit Aids GP Appraisals
An online toolkit to help GPs through the appraisals process was demonstrated at the EMIS National User Group conference at Warwick University. The Appraisals Toolkit at http://www.appraisals.nhs.uk, developed at the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics in Newcastle (SCHIN), was presented by GP education lead, Dr Paul Robinson, who explained that the aim was to provide […]
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