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St George's healthcare trust collaborates with eight trusts to purchase ICT including electronic patient record and administration systems St George's healthcare trust is leading eight other London trusts in setting up a framework contract worth between £250m and £400m. The deal will provide an electronic patient record (EPR) system, a patient administration system (PAS), a clinical portal and hosting services. The four-year framework, advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union, says that the EPR/PAS solution will cover a full range of administrative and clinical functional...

New TV channel will pilot GP bookings and repeat prescriptions, as well as providing patients in Scotland with health advice NHS 24 has launched a new health information channel on three digital television systems, in a bid to improve access to advice for those without internet connections. The channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin, is being delivered in partnership with Looking Local and gives people access to health advice and information on local services. Apps for iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones also provide access to the digital service. The service offers information from...

SMS messages help patients give up smoking, according to research published in the Lancet Motivational text messages sent to smokers' mobile phones can double their chances of giving up tobacco, a study has found. The "txt2stop" trial tested the effects of inspirational text messages designed to encourage quitting on almost 3,000 smokers. Participants were twice as likely to banish their habit as another group sent texts unrelated to smoking. The text messages, designed by experts with the help of smokers, provided encouragement up to "quit day", advice on keeping off weight...