Dr Gray’s plans to be e-health centre
Dr Gray’s Hospital in the north of Scotland is aiming to set itself up as an e-health centre with a range of initiatives for remote communities. The hospital in Elgin, Moray, has set up a range of websites containing information for patients. It runs the highly successful website Menopause Matters which receives more than 1.7m […]
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Information Centre checks GP Choices details
The NHS Information Centre is contacting every GP practice in England to check the accuracy of data held about them on NHS Choices. The website’s own research has revealed that some of the information is wrong. The massive data checking exercise has been initiated because primary care trusts are planning to distribute literature to English […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008: the finalists
Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB
The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it easier for researchers to access patient information. According to the Guardian, Harry Cayton has described plans to give researchers access to patient information to recruit for medical trials as “ethically unacceptable.” The proposals are included in […]
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Dr Foster takes on NHS Choices
Health information provider Dr Foster has launched an alternative site to NHS Choices. The company, which lost out in the bid to run the DH flagship site, today launched Drfosterhealth.co.uk, which brings together information from its consumer guides to hospitals, consultants, birth and complementary therapists. The website aims to be “the complete online medical guide […]
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Pearl Medical ceases to trade
Pearl Medical, which provided a BlackBerry mobile device to more than 2,000 GPs, has ceased to trade. The company was acquired by market research company Opinion Health earlier this year, but has announced on its website that it ceased to trade with effect from 11 November. A statement adds: “The business has unfortunately not been […]
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NHS Direct drops foundation plans
NHS Direct has announced that it will not apply for foundation trust status “in the foreseeable future.” Its chief executive, Matt Tee, told E-Health Insider that it would instead pursue some of the freedoms offered to foundation trusts “without going through the Monitor process.” A strategic health authority lead commissioning arrangement will also be put […]
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IT crucial for full engagement, report argues
The NHS needs to make greater use of information and web 2.0 technologies if individuals are to engage more with their health and healthcare, the King’s Fund think-tank has argued. In a report on a round-table involving policy, health service and IT experts, the King’s Fund says the health service needs to adopt new technologies […]
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500 votes for champion – and counting
More than 500 votes have already been received in this year’s ICT Healthcare Champion of the Year competition. Just ten days after voting opened on 13 October, 579 votes have been cast. Jon Hoeksma, editor of E-Health Insider, said: “This is a fantastic response. Last year, just over 1,000 votes were cast over six weeks, […]
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High trust Choose and Book deal to boost uptake
A primary care trust is introducing a high trust incentive scheme for Choose and Book, which it believes could be the model for PCTs nationwide. Bedfordshire PCT is to pay GPs 48p per patient to take part in its new Choose and Book local enhanced service (LES). There will also be additional payments of up […]
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