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Think Tank Suggested that NHS should Tank More Than 30,000 Hospital Beds

The number of beds has been decreasing over the years and the think tank believes this should be done quickly as the article appears. As you can see by reading through here there are objections on whether or not this is being done strictly for financial...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 10:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, healthcare, NHS, Patients, treatments, think tanks

NHS Bowing Out From Running Hinchingbrooke Hospital – District Hospital to be Turned Over to Private Industry

CAMBRIDGE University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken their name out of the hat for the bid. Recently too in the news this hospital had missed some patient safety alerts and one patient died when a gastric feeding tube was inserted by mistake...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2010 9:37 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, healthcare, NHS, Trust, England, Hinchingbrooke Hospital

NHS – Medical Records Mistake Lead to Patient Death With Erroneous Notation On Not to Revive

45 minutes after the staff had discovered the error, the man had died. He was in the hospital for flue like symptoms and had suffered a heart attack and no CPR was offered and by the time the error was found, it was too late to even try. BD ...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 8:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, NHS, Medical Errors, mistake

Cigna Expanding It’s Horizons Outside the US – Global Trade Union in the UK Investigating NHS and Insurance Marketing and Potential Contracts

Over the last 2 years I have had posts on many of the health insurance companies exploring making money outside the US, Blue Cross in China for one example and so on. They are all doing it, as when you are traded on the stock market, money, money...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2010 3:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, health insurance, UK, Congress, Business Intelligence, Medicaid, Budgets, Aetna, NHS, Tri-Care, Politics, Cigna, Wall Street, Algorithms, Contracts, healthcare reform, BUPA

NHS Trust Becomes First UK Client Using Microsoft Amalga for Healthcare Aggregation

As what is done here in the US, Amalga will be integrating and aggregating data with existing software systems that are already in place. Amalga has basically 2 different applications that are provided, one a full complete solution which includes...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2010 2:02 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, Hospital, microsoft, Health IT, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, NHS, Amalga, aggregation

Global Trade Union to Investigate US Insurance Companies Bidding for NHS Contracts

This group is working towards keeping the NHS from further privatization. After watching what has occurred in the US, they don’t want the same companies handing contract with the NHS that lobbied against healthcare reform in America. There...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2010 3:34 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, NHS, Investigation, United HealthCare, Heatlh Insurance, Contracts, healthcae reform, Trade Union

CCTV Cameras To Be Placed on Ambulances to Help Deter Violence and Aggression Towards NHS Staff

The cameras will be put into action with a panic button. In addition in Wales personal safety alarms are being provided. 2 years ago I said we would almost be to the point of violence here in the US and it looks like the UK is having their...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 11:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, UK, NHS, Surveillance, monitoring devices, violence, panic button, Wales, CCTV cameras

NHS IT Cuts To Be Around Five Percent – Patient Control Over Health Records Reiterated

We hear the same thing here in the US, patient control, but in the US before that happens we need to “wake up” a few million folks around here and tell them they can do this and get involved. I run across a lot of people and when this topic...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2009 10:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Training, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, UK, Health IT, Education, PHR, Budget Cuts, NHS, empowered patients

NHS Hospitals – The 10 Top Hospitals Had the Worst Death Rates

Recently the Health Secretary said he envisions “people centered” care, something that we are working on here in the US as well. All over healthcare needs to be patient centric and involve patients in their care as well. We sometimes compare...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2009 4:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, healthcare, Hospitals, NHS, hospital acquired infections, scoring health claims, cleanliness, patient centric care, health minister

NHS Puts London Patient Records Online This Week

The NHS is making it first step forward after a pilot program to put healthcare records on line for residents of London, which means the records can be accessed by any GP in the country. The NHS has worked hard on putting their program together...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 11:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, UK, Electronic Medical Records, NHS, London, England, GP

UK Health Records Sent to India Firm End Up for Sale After Digitization Process Completed

When you outsource to another country, this is always a potential occurrence with those who are less than honest, and it could happen anywhere as those folks are among us world over. The story says the clinic contracted with a 3rd party who did...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 8:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, privacy, Medical Records, UK, NHS, Heatlhcare, India, Outsourcing, digital records, integrity

NHS Using Doctors from other European Countries to Work Late Hour Shifts and Weekends

We used to call this substitute teachers in school, but now the situation is being scrutinized after a couple deaths from potential errors. The doctors could very well be exhausted after working a full week shift in their own country and working...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2009 9:38 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, UK, NHS, Medical Errors, Germany, substitute doctor, Finland, Britian

The NHS System - The Brits Twitter and Say We Like It and Don’t Want the American System

With all the town hall meetings and emotions running wild over healthcare, the Brits took matters into their own hands and are putting their comments on Twitter, including the Prime Minister and his wife. Even if you are obese, the NHS finds a way...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2009 9:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Twitter, NHS, Palin, Media, healthcare reform, Obama Healthcare, Beck

NHS Sees Value in Genomics and Starts Pilot Program to Educate Physicians

It sounds like a small group, but if the study works well, it is slated to be expanded. The House of Lords sees a real need for genetics technologies to be further advanced in healthcare with the NHS and view the the project as a step forward with...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2009 12:25 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Genomics, healthcare, UK, Physicians, NHS, nurses, England, House of Lords

Flu infects 100,000 in past week – National Flu Service Launched in the UK

We may have forgotten about Swine flu here but in the UK the situation is all but gone as the NHS is starting a service to allow affected individuals access via phone to medications via the phone and without having to see a doctor. Two thirds of...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 11:49 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, UK, NHS, Flu, Swine Flu, pandemic influenza, national flu service

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