Hull-York students learn with virtual patients
Students at the Hull-York Medical School have become the first in England to incorporate the use of online virtual patients into their studies. The school, part of the new generation of medical schools in England, has adopted the use of virtual patients to support its problem-based approach to learning which brings students in contact with […]
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Health Records Infrastructure Programme Ended
The NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) has confirmed to E-Health Insider that it has decided to suspend its Health Record Infrastructure (HRI) programme and halt development of live trials. The decision to suspend work on the four HRI pilots before they go live was made by the NHS Information Authority earlier last week as a direct […]
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Placing XML at the Heart of Hospital Trust’s IM&T Strategy
Following E-Health Insider s XML in health feature two week s ago, Philip Firth, IM&T Strategy Implementation Manager at Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Trust, sets out how his trust has used XML to develop extremely low cost ‘best of breed’ solutions to integrate systems and improve clinical care. Information Technology at Wrightington, Wigan & […]
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Full Clinician Involvement Key to Success – Reader Comment
In response to the recent debate in E-Health Insider about whether PDAs or tablet PCs offer the best device to provide to front line clinicians, Sue Wilson head of IM&T (acute services) at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, stresses that it is not the choice of device but involvement of clinicians that counts: I agree […]
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Virtual Outreach Consultations Evaluated
Virtual outreach consultations across video conference links save time and money for patients but incur greater costs for the NHS than standard outpatient appointments, according to an economic evaluation published in the BMJ . In their discussion of the evaluation and conclusions, however, the researchers speculate that changes in the costs of technology and the […]
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European Award for NHS Direct Online
Health advice and information portal, NHS Direct Online, was chosen as one of four winners of the first eEurope Awards for e-Health at a recent ceremony in Brussels. The awards were presented at a conference of 33 ministers responsible for ehealth in the European Union, European Economic Area and acceding countries. The winners were chosen […]
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Hanon Partners to Launch Virtual Child Protection
Hanon Solutions Ltd, the Scottish data integration specialist, has announced a new partnership to offer local authorities a solution to the Department of Health’s Identification, Referral & Tracking (IRT) initiative. The off-the-shelf package is designed to help councils ensure that information relating to children at risk is securely shared between relevant organisations. The need to […]
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Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest
Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a centralised database of patient records, writes SA Mathieson. The Basque health service, Osakidetza, last year implemented a central database called Osabide. According to Dr Juan Gérvas, a Madrid doctor and visiting professor at Baltimore’s Johns […]
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HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News
Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this year. We list below a selection of the new launches, versions and deals announced at Harrogate last week. Click here for a full list of exhibitors. Telemedicine Solutions from Tandberg Tandberg demonstrated its videoconferencing solution, […]
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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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