EHI’s industry news roundup 02.11.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 2 November, featuring supplier news, implementations, product launches, awards and events. Supplier News Spire Healthcare take over BUPA hospitals Spire Healthcare, the new independent healthcare group, formerly BUPA hospitals, is planning to grow its business as it builds on its position as a leading player […]
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IT vital to deliver care closer to home, DH says
Fast and efficient communication between primary and secondary care systems is needed to enable care to be delivered closer to home, the Department of Health says in its new ‘Shifting Care Closer to Home’ report. “Technology is supporting the effective delivery of integrated care closer to home, and freeing up consultant time to manage more […]
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Unclear whether Granger will be replaced
The Department of Health has rejected strong rumours that one of its senior policy advisers, Matthew Swindells, has been appointed interim chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health, replacing Richard Granger. In a statement to E-Health Insider the department that suggests Granger may not be replaced and that following review of NHS IT now underway, the current Connecting for […]
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£12m awarded to three home telecare sites
Teams in Kent, Newham and Cornwall have been awarded £12m to look at how best home telecare can be implemented. The areas will form the Whole System Demonstrator pilots promised by the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, and will be the biggest ever pilot of telecare and telehealth in the UK , […]
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Survey shows US appetite for personal electronic records
A US survey has revealed strong support for the concept of personal electronic health records, with those polled seeing them as a way to improve quality and reduce healthcare costs. However, the report also showed that the Americans surveyed have serious concerns over the privacy and confidentiality of their medical records and rely on the […]
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Intellect to launch telemedicine group
UK IT trade body Intellect has told E-Health Insider that it plans to start a dedicated telehealth group, following its participation in a US telemedicine conference. Representatives from the UK gave a presentation at the Boston Partners Telemedicine Annual Symposium, held at the Harvard Medical Centre on 18-19 September, promoting the British telehealth industry. The […]
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Space programme
One of the most intriguing aspects of the NHS IT programme is the HealthSpace project, the online patient portal. Daloni Carlisle reports on how the patient access project is progressing.
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Jeavons says CfH must adapt and evolve
A far-reaching review of the NHS IT modernisation programme is underway that will result in a re-prioritisation of the systems to be delivered by the £6.2 billion project. Richard Jeavons, Connecting for Health (CfH) director of service implementation told delegates at the first day of Healthcare Computing 2006 that the review now being carried out was […]
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Missing link
Kingsley Manning from Newchurch wonders where the IT is in the new community care white paper, and what contribution CfH will have to make for its success.
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NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki
NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one another about coping with illness and where to obtain support and services. The idea, part of a submission made to the Department of Health’s consultation into its out of hospital care White Paper and announced […]
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