US conference gets a reality check on NPfIT
Former National Programme for IT industry liaison manager, Phil Sissons, delivered a transatlantic reality check this week, exposing some of the warts in the £6.2 billion programme to an American audience, US correspondent Neil Versel reports from the 22nd annual Towards an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference in Baltimore. In a keynote address this week, […]
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Nurses told they must connect to CfH
Clinical leads have told nurses have to be proactive and to give feedback to Connecting for Health otherwise they risk being left behind. Delegates at the first NHS Connecting for Health Nursing and Midwifery conference this week in London were told that they must get actively involved in the programme. Barbara Stuttle, clinical lead for […]
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system
GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district nurses, health visitors and physiotherapists. PCS Web provides a common system for anyone working in the community with all patients’ data accessible from anywhere via the web-based application. The system offers community teams their own […]
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Cornwall NHS staff get VoIP phone badges
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has issued its staff with voice-activated handsfree ‘badges’, worn around the neck on a lanyard, which can put any user in touch with another member of staff just by saying their name or department into a microphone. The Vocera system (below), which was installed and is managed by BT, runs […]
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GP-to-GP record transfer roll-out slows
The second pilot site for GP2GP transfer of patient records is due to get underway next week but rollout of the full scheme to all practices in England could take longer than expected. In Practice Systems has completed testing of its GP2GP solution with Connecting for Health and its pilot, involving eight practices on the […]
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Meet the suppliers: Liquidlogic
EHI Primary Care talks to health and social care software specialist Liquidlogic, one of the suppliers to have thrived under the NHS IT programme.
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Staff workflow key to health IT success, says study
Healthcare IT implementations could risk failure if care is not taken of how users react to the tasks they are given, rather than technology itself, a study undertaken by the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology in Austria is suggesting. Existing project management frameworks tend only to focus on whether users can operate […]
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Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards
Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and social care awards. OT Direct, a service run by Hampshire County Council, enables service users who require occupational therapy equipment to call a dedicated telephone line where requests are triaged. Those requiring simple equipment such […]
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Talking cure
Steve Tocker from Softech Global outlines how voice recognition and digital dictation can be used in the healthcare sector, and what issues users need to remember.
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Scotland-wide PACS deal goes to Kodak
NHS Scotland has awarded a national contract to Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to deliver a picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) and information management solution (IMS) across Scotland. Under the deal, signed on Friday, by 2008 every hospital in Scotland will gain the ability to easily access prior images and reports, regardless of where […]
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