Scotland Archived News: 2005Are you a newly qualified nurse, midwife or allied health professional? see the Newly Qualified Practitioner Development Programme Interested in Information Governance? See new Report: Health on-line: public attitudes to data sharing in the NHS - research to find out more about what people in Scotland think about personal health information being stored on computer, and shared within the NHS Scottish practices indicate interest in systems switch Retention and Disposal of Health Records - a CONSULTATION on new Guidance to NHS Scotland - Be sure and have you say in this consultation Work in telephone consultation? Read the latest report on NHS 24 GPs across Britain are helping to build the world’s largest medical database for ethical research, which will be able to detect national flu epidemics in a matter of hours - the innovative QRESEARCH database BNF for children is launched - register on-line Online Journal of Nursing Informatics September 05: See the NHS Scotland 'One Patient, One Record' site LSC Group secures major NHS knowledge management contract with NHS 24 2005 A&E Waiting Times Survey released Cisco to create N3 for Scotland Work with children and young people? See the current consultation on cross agency information sharing and if you work with children in Scotland subscribe for The Child Health Generic Data Standards for Healthcare Information Consultation Interested in Genetics? You can help with a project aiming to create a web based education resource for the nursing professions August 05:Increase in NHS 24 callback times New RCN Survey released: Nurses bypassed by NHS IT Projects 'Talk to the ground floor workers...ask us what we need...' See the link to the full survey on the bottom of this RCN Press Release Royal Society to investigate impact of communication technologies on healthcare NICE to assess the feasibility of evaluating computerised decision support systems July 05: NHS Lothian signs £6.8 million contract for new IT system from TrakHealth NHS Scotland publishes GP QoF Statistics Care for the elderly? Project to enable clients to remain independent in their homes by receiving support to manage medicines effectively Scots outline their priorities for health in new BMA survey Policy Pages on the RCN website Are you a nurse presriber? See Evaluation of extended formulary independent nurse prescribing June 05: Edinburgh - Health Care Informatics Symposium 28 June 2005 from 9:30am to 5pm, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh See: Building a Health Service Fit for the Future - recommendation is become a modern NHS; using new technology to improve the standard and the speed of care, connect clinicians, involve patients in their own care and support the research vital to future wellbeing. Also see Common Scottish EHR in three years, report advises See the Scottish Executive's Review of NHS 24 Scottish Company leads the way with voice recognition software Do you record B/P in your daily practice? Web site that evaluates the accuracy of options for blood pressure measurement Do you keep a practice diary? The NMC advises that clinical information is not written in diaries, but in rare circumstances - if this is the case - then the information must be transcribed into the patient/client clinical records within a 48 hour period. Informatics is about communication not technology, says Marina Copping, and nurses are expert communicators See Nursing Standard Do You Care for Type 2 Diabetics? See the UKPDS Risk Engine Software - soon to be updated May 05: New internet education service provided by NHS Education for Scotland Scottish GPs win choice over practice systems Siemens chosen for eye screening in Scotland Scotland has shown progress in meeting NHS QIS Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) standards. Read about this report. April 2005: Work in out of hours? Emergency care summary set to rollout in Scotland Framework for Nursing in General Practice published by the Scottish Executive See the eHealth Chapter in the latest Report 'Health in Scotland 2004' January 2005: NELH is now part of NLH - NELH reported 300,000 on-line visits in December- The NHS Education for Scotland e-Library also saw an increase, in this case by 25%, in usage compared to the same time last year. See zdnet |