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Patient records cause four-year NHS IT delay

Tom Young — 2008-05-16T09:56:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 16 May 2008 at 09:56:00

Other parts of the scheme are broadly on track, but software delays mean care records will be four years late, says NAO

The original vision of The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is still achievable despite serious delays to some parts of the scheme, according to a report by the National Audit...

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Politics pushing NHS scheme

Tom Young — 2008-05-15T16:40:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 16:40:00

Early adopters felt under pressure as Connecting for Health pushed the project forward to meet targets

An influential report into the Summary Care Records (SCR) component of the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) suggests that political agendas are still affecting rollout of the scheme....

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NHS must learn lessons on centralised patient records

Tom Young — 2008-05-06T11:12:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 11:12:00

Programme so far has not focused enough on social aspects of the technology change

The NHS summary care record (SCR) programme is offering real benefits to early adopter sites across England, but the technology needs to be simplified before further rollout, according to a major independent...

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SMEs to have free access to public sector IT contracts

Tom Young — 2008-05-01T16:45:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 1 May 2008 at 16:45:00

Trial will help improve small business access to public sector

A trial has started today aimed at providing SMEs with better access to government IT and other types of contracts....

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NHS online health promotion project targets 150,000 with cheap access

Tom Young — 2008-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 14 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Partnership with cheap internet access centres will promote health information web site

Health information site NHS choices will be made available through 300 UK online centres which offer free or heavily subsidised web access....

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Leeds NHS Trust uses virtualisation to boost disaster recovery

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 10 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Server virtualisation diverts resources

Leeds NHS Trust is using virtualisation to save time and money for an enhanced disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity structure....

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Emergency care records go live in Northern Ireland

Tom Young — 2008-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 4 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Emergency staff and out-of-hours GPs will have access to medical records

A new system being launched in Northern Ireland (NI) will see a summary of patient information taken from GP practices being made available to emergency staff....

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Nottingham hospital signs multimillion-pound network deal

Angelica Mari — 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 3 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The university hospital trust hopes to improve patient care with new Cisco infrastructure

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has signed a multimillion-pound deal with Cisco to implement a network infrastructure to improve information access and provide patients with better services....

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NHS awards further framework contracts

Tom Young — 2008-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Wednesday 26 March 2008 at 00:00:00

IBM fails to get in on the National Programme for IT

NHS Connecting for Health – the Department of Health agency that runs that the National Programme for IT, has awarded an IT hardware and service framework contract to supplier Capgemini....

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Sheffield Children's Hospital offers free web access

Angelica Mari — 2008-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 20 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Patients can use the internet, make phone calls and watch TV for free via bedside units

Sheffield Children’s Hospital is offering a bedside service that allows children to browse the web for free. The hospital started trialling the system, which also allows patients to make phone calls...

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National Programme for IT has saved NHS more than £200m

Tom Young — 2008-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 13 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Major savings come from decommissioning legacy systems and introducing digital imaging

The NHS National Programme for IT delivered £208m of savings by April 2007 – despite major delays to parts of the controversial project....

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Moorfields Eye Hospital uses software to prevent blindness

Angelica Mari — 2008-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Friday 7 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Screening software will help detect early signs of glaucoma

London's Moorfields Eye Hospital is using software to spot early signs of glaucoma and hopes the system will help prevent blindness....

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NHS database must go ahead, say MPs

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Monday 25 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Confidentiality is an issue but is no reason to stop, says Commons health committee chairman

The chairman of the House of Commons Health Committee has brushed aside the confidentiality fears that have delayed the £12.5bn NHS summary care record database plan....

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Get the balance right for NHS IT

Bryan Glick — 2008-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Bryan Glick, Computing, Thursday 31 January 2008 at 00:00:00

For all its faults, the National Programme for IT may be changing attitudes for the better

Think about all the stress of putting your latest IT change plans into action. Now, think about how much worse it would be if you had to do all the...

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Voip to cut London NHS costs

Computing staff — 2007-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Computing staff, Computing, Wednesday 5 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Converging voice and data will help reduce phone bills

NHS trusts across London hope to cut their phone bills by connecting existing voice networks to the N3 national health service broadband infrastructure....

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