ELGIN GPs DECIDED IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO TREAT THEM WITHOUT MEDICAL HISTORY By Donna MacAllister Published: 09/02/2010 Hundreds of people in Moray were unable to see their GPs after a computer system crashed, blocking access to medical records. Patients were turned away from the Maryhill Practice at Elgin Health Centre after doctors decided it [...]
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-Nurses and doctors set to benefit from easier and quicker access to patients’ records- Eton, UK – 03 February 2010 – InterSystems has announced that it has signed a framework contract with NHS National Service Scotland to supply its InterSystems TrakCare™ connected health information system as the new national patient management system for Scotland. The [...]
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Orion Health™ appointed for pilot ECR Project in Northern Ireland Tuesday, 15 December 2009 Orion Health Ltd, a leading provider of integration technology for the health care industry worldwide, has been appointed by Northern Ireland to pilot a new Electronic Care Record (ECR). The one year pilot phase will see hospitals and GP practices across [...]
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Troubled £12bn NHS IT system to be scaled back The NHS computer system has been hit by delays and cost over-runs The government is to scale back its £12bn NHS IT system in what the Tories are calling a “massive U-turn”. Chancellor Alistair Darling said he would be delaying parts of the scheme in Wednesday’s [...]
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Scottish Clinical Information in Practice, SCIMP 2009 Conference at Dunblane Hydro 3 & 4 November 2009 Applying eHealth making IT a success in primary care This year’s conference will focus on the ways we can make technology actually deliver improvement in the services we provide all the way from the bedside to the boardroom. Invited [...]
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