March 2001
INTRODUCTION
I am very pleased and honoured to be able to announce that as of 13th March
2001 the Board of Trusties appointed me as the new CEO.
Many of you were able to meet me at the members meeting in Manchester
on the 13th March, although I had little to add to the proceedings only having
been in post for one hour! For those of you unable to attend this meeting,
let me provide a little background:
I spent many years in BT Health, developing product / solution
sets for the UK Health Market. This inevitably meant researching and building
relationships with many telemedicine suppliers throughout the world. About
this time last year, I left BT to concentrate on my academic studies (MBA)
and set up a consulting company, which assists telemedicine companies in bringing
their innovative solutions to market.
The window of opportunity for the implementation of telemedicine
within the UK has arrived and I am very excited at having the opportunity
to support and promote this activity through the UKTA. My objective is to
grow the UKTA both in size and credibility in all aspects of telemedicine,
making it the first choice for anyone interested in its development.
I very much believe that the UKTA is your organisation and although
I have ideas on how to take it into the 21st century, your ideas and contributions
will always be welcome.
David Greenaway
Chief Executive Officer
david.greenaway1@btinternet.com
Tel: 0771 878 1191
NEW MEMBERS
• Powys NHS Trust
• Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust
• James Whannel – In4otek
• NHS Direct – The full list will be circulated next month
We have introduced a new membership category for health communities
and
economies and welcome the following new members from North Essex:
• Essex Ambulance Services NHS Trust
• Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust
• New Possibilities NHS Trust
• North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
• North Essex Health Authority
• The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
• Chelmsford PCG
• Colchester PCT
• Epping Forest PCT
• Harlow PCT
• Maldon & South Chelmsford PCT
• Tendring PCT
• Uttlesford PCT
• Witham, Braintree & Halsted PCG
Please contact Terry Dennis (ukta@healthcarealliances.co.uk)
if you would
like details of how health communities and economies can join.
The next members’ meeting will take place on Tuesday 8
May 2001 at the Chorleywood Health Centre in North London. Further details
will be circulated to members in the near future. Browse through dates for
your diary for details of other members’ meetings.
Ricky Richardson, Chairman, recently visited Korea as part of
a DTI sponsored telemedicine & eHealth fact finding mission. Many useful
contacts were made with Korean companies wishing to enter the UK market. rjrichardson@compuserve.com
The DTI has asked Keith Freeman, Vice Chairman, to visit South Africa in May as part of a four member team. He will be sharing experience with their Department of Health at a senior level and participating in two workshops, which he will co-chair. Keith will be the telemedicine representative in the UK party.
Motion Media PLC has partnered with Telemedicine Solutions in
Healthcare (Atlanta, GA), to integrate Motion Media videophones into a broad
range of telemedicine solutions. The two companies are able to meet the diverse
needs of hospitals and healthcare systems, physician groups, home healthcare
agencies, living facilities and managed care organisations. For further information
contact: Ken Burgin, Managing Director, 01454 313444 or Trudi Scantlebury,
PR Manager, 01454 313444 www.motion-media.com
District nurses and other community-based staff at Wakefield
and PontefractHealth NHS Trust will soon be able to receive e-mail messages,
scheduleappointments and update medical records while on the move through
new'always on' connections. Under a new pilot run by the trusts and BT Health,
32 community staff are to be issued with personal digital assistants (PDAs).
These will allow them to check their schedules, messages and e-mails, examine
and update medical records and receive specialist advice from doctors without
needing to visit the office. peter.dyke@bt.com
Biodata Secure Desk can exchange encrypted messages with users of S/MIME as well as OpenPGP users. The software automatically chooses the appropriate encryption standard. Strong encryption and long keys leave no backdoor for industrial espionage. The modular architecture of the software allows integration of the latest encryption technology www.biodata.com
UK NEWS UPDATE
The National Assembly for Wales has recently appointed Ken Pile and Adrian Saville to develop Telemedicine in Wales. Adrian will be the All Wales Telemedicine Strategy Development Co-ordinator and Ken will be the All Wales Telemedicine
Implementation Coordinator - both will seconded to the NHS -
Directorate in the HIMT Division for a period of 3 years. The National Assembly
for Wales has recently invited health organisations in Wales working with
partner organisations to establish consortia and submit locally developed
projects in teledermatology and minor injuries. ken.pile@btinternet.com
Selected patients at two pioneering GP practices will be the
first in the country to have direct on-line, secure access to their own medical
records http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/ ERDIP Website http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/erdip/
A new survey shows that Scottish GPs are embracing the Internet
in far greater numbers than ever before with increased levels of connectivity
and high levels of perceived usefulness in their work.
http://www.medexonline.com/news/item.cfm?ID=784&source=Medexonline
The Government's new strategy to keep the UK at the forefront
of the e-commerce and internet revolution entitled "UK online: the broadband
future" outlines an action plan to help drive forward broadband networks
across the UK . A key milestone for the Government's UK online initiative,
the new strategy supports the Government's objective of achieving universal
access to the Internet by 2005. The report is available at .http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/broadband/ukonline.pdf
The NHS Information Authority http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/
is calling on NHS staff to fill in an online questionnaire to let it know
what their IT priorities are and how existing NHS IT projects should be evaluated
in the future. The UK Standard Clinical Products Reference Source is intended
to provide a common electronic register of clinical products to support the
delivery of information for health http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/ukcprs/pages/cust_response.htm
The Department of Health is planning for 60% of GP practices
to be able to receive secure electronic pathology results by March 2002 and
100% by December 2002. New guidance has been issued to health authorities
and trusts to help to ensure that these targets are met. An initial step will
be for all trusts to ensure laboratories have full access to NHSnet by 31
March 2001 in line with the Project Connect Health Service Circular www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexipu/whatnew/pathmesg.htm
NHS R&D Health Technology Assessment Programme Call for
Proposals
Call for expressions of interest in submitting proposals for primary research
(Outline proposals) and secondary research (Full proposals) for priority areas
in Health Technology Assessment. There are 11 topic areas under primary research
and 6 under secondary research. Applications must be returned by 11th May
2001 http://www.ncchta.org/advert.htm
The next wave of NICE assessments include the use of computers
in treating anxiety and depression http://www.medexonline.com/news/item.cfm?ID=791&source=Medexonline
Councils have been given the opportunity to set up as e-government
"pathfinder" authorities - to show the way forward on delivering
services electronically. The paper "Delivering Local Government Online:
Milestones and Resources for the 2005 Target", describes how it is intended
to allocate £350m new money identified in the Spending Review 2000 for
this purpose. The document is available on at http://www.detr.gov.uk
A new report entitled "e-Health Focus" has recently been published. It has been produced by Medical Exchange Online Ltd (Medexonline), Microsoft and KPMG Consulting ". Medexonline also produce a free weekly newsletter. Both the report and the newsletter can be download from www.medexonline.com
The Australian Government has launched what it claims to be
the world's first national system to allow patient information between doctors
and hospitals to be confidentially sent over the Internet.www.hesa.com.au/media-release.htm
The Australian Government has launched a state of the art facility
created to test and showcase emerging e-health technology. The e-Health Technology
Centre serves as a facility where leading-edge technology and the health sector
combine to develop innovative online business solutions for the Australian
health community www.hic.gov.au
Cardiac Science Inc has received FDA approval to market its Powerheart defibrillator monitor for use outside hospitals. Powerheart is an automatic defibrillator designed to be attached externally as a precaution to monitor cardiac patients for detection of life-threatening heart rhythms, and to deliver life-saving defibrillation to restore a normal heart rhythm http://www.cardiacscience.com
A new fixation device to treat degenerative disc disease has
been commercially launched in the US. The Medtronic LT-Cage Lumbar Tapered
Fusion Device is designed to help surgeons effectively realign and fuse the
vertebrae of the lumbar spine. The device, which can be implanted laparoscopically
or through an open incision, fuses spinal bones, helps to restore height to
collapsed discs and can help relieve pressure on nerves http://www.medtronic.com
The Telemedicine Center at East Carolina University has a Global TeleHealth Resource Center (GTRC) that will build working relationships with disaster relief organisations, provide medical needs assessment and rapid response methodologies to use in disaster situations http://www.telemed.med.ecu/international
The Information Society Technologies Programme, part of the
EU’s Fifth R&D Framework Programme, is the largest of the European
research, development and demonstration programmes. The programme aims to
realise the full potential of the Information Society for Europe through developing
new technologies and services for individuals and businesses. This four-year,
3.6 BEuro (£2.5 billion), programme funds research into information
and communication technologies, systems, applications and services through
collaborative projects involving organisations from the public sector, research,
academia and industry www.dti.gov.uk/eurobrief/infosocprog.htm
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an office of HM Treasury.
Set up in 2000 it incorporates the Central Computer and Telecommunications
Agency (CCTA), which will no longer operate as a separate agency from 1 April
2001. The OGC is now the office of best practice in commercial activities
in UK Government www.ccta.gov.uk/index.htm
Context of Care Website Project website has been launched. Clinical
Terminologies provide a source of terms for use within electronic clinical
records. To represent the full meaning required to provide the richness required
in a clinical record, a further set of contextual terms are required. http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/context/
or http://nww.nhsia.nhs.uk/context/
(NHSnet version)
DERA Europe's leading science and technology organisation. Contains
an interesting section on research and emerging technologies www.dera.gov.uk/index.php3
DIEL is an independent advisory committee established by Act of Parliament
to advise Oftel the telecommunications industry regulator, on the particular
interests and needs of consumers who happen to be either elderly or disabled,
or both. www.acts.org.uk
Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW) is provided by the NHS in
Scotland and is funded by the Scottish Executive Health Department. SHOW provides
a focal point to the NHS in Scotland websites www.show.scot.nhs.uk
Clinical Supervision internet forum The site offers advice and help to anyone who is confused by the whole process of how to become involved with clinical supervision in nursing. An electronic discussion group is planned http://www.delphi.com/n/main.asp?webtag=clinsup&nav=start
*Denotes the first appearance of the date of conferences and
meetings
3rd International Conference on Advances in the Delivery of
Care - 'e-Health: A Futurescope' City University, London 4-6 April 2001. Email:
eHealth2001@city.ac.uk
e-Health Europe Maastricht 8-10 April 2001 at the Maastricht Exhibition and
Congress Centre http://www.e-health-europe.com
Second Africa TeleHealth Conference will be held in Kampala,
Uganda 10-14 April 2001. Contact Ivan Semakuka at icslwanga@yahoo.com http://www.delphi.com/peaceportal
Using Information Management & Technology to Remodel Healthcare
Service Delivery. 27 April 2001, Imperial College London. catherine@laingbuisson.co.uk
www.laingbuisson.co.uk
or tel: 020 7833 9123
*National Conference on Telemedicine 2001 23 - 27 April 2001,
Lucknow, India http://www.sgpgi.ac.in/conf/telemed2001.html.
telemed2001@sgpgi.ac.in
or ben.stanberry@clert.com.
*Internet Healthcare 2001 24 - 25 April Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City featuring Technology Solutions for Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Companies www.internethealthcare2001.com
*Global eHealth Conference 5th -7th May 2001 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia www.eHealth2001.org or email Scott Williams at info@eHealth2001.org.
*UKTA members meeting 8 May 2001 at Chorleywood Health Centre,
North London. Full programme and venue details will be circulated in the near
future
TEPR 2001 8-13 May 2001, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
The eHealth conference for the latest developments in key technologies in
health information technology management www.tepr.com/
*The Association for Survey Computing, International Conference on Survey Research Methods, "The Challenge of the Internet" 11-12 May 2001, London. The importance of the Internet to Survey Research is being increasingly recognised, and its impact extends from data capture through to dissemination. http://www.asc.org.uk/
The 6th International Symposium on Health Information Management
Research (iSHIMR2001), "Global e-Health: Information Management Issues
for the New Millennium" http://www.city.academic.gr/shimr2001/
from 24-26 May, 2001 in Halkidiki, Greece
American Telemedicine Association 6th Annual Meeting - Ft Lauderdale,
Florida, 3 – 6 June 2001 www.atmeda.org
6th international conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine
Uppsala, Sweden 18-21 June 2001. For further information email:telemedicine2001@slu.se
www.service.slu.se/conference/telemedicine2001
Eighth European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
1- 4 July 2001, Cascais, Portugal. http://centria.fct.unl.pt/conferences/aime01
UKTA Members Meeting Friday 6 July 2001. The event will be hosted
by Ortivus in Southampton. Full programme and venue details will be circulated
in the near future
The Information Revolution in Primary Care - Using Health Information
Effectively in the Internet Age 16 July 2001, London. Ruth Hudson, CPHVA Professional
Officer Tel: 0207 939 7055 / 0468 931 312 hudsonr@msf.org.uk
Medinfo2001 – the informatics route to knowledge –
towards global health. ExCel Congress Centre, London 2-5 September 2-5 2001.
Call for papers now out on the website www.medinfo2001.org
Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology A Workshop
at the Medinfo2001 London, UK, September 4th, 2001 http://magix.fri.uni-lj.si/idamap2001
*UKTA Members Meeting Friday 28 September 2001 at the BT innovation
Centre at Adastral Park. The full programme for the event will be circulated
in the near future
TEHRE 2001 11-14 November 2001 at the Cumberland Hotel, London.
For more information: www.medrecinst.com/conferences/tehre/index.shtml
Telemedicine & Telecare International Trade Fair April 10-12, 2002. www.telemedicine.lu or email: info@telemedicine.lu
Details of the content of the e-Health Europe Conference in
Maastricht 8 -10 April 2001 www.e-health-europe.com
Telemedicine in Japan and Asia. Seminar organised by the Cambridge
University, Department of Trade and Industry and Distance Health Ltd. 22nd
March, 2001 Centre for Clinical Informatics, Institute of Public Health Robinson
Way Cambridge, CB2 2SR smj@cam.ac.uk
Electronic Transmission Of Prescriptions & consultation
on amendment to Prescription only Medicine Order www.doh.gov.uk/pharmacy/etp.htm
Dates for your diary. Dates for the UKTA members meetings on
8 May and 6 July 2001
*National Conference on Telemedicine 2001 23 - 27 April 2001,
Lucknow, India. telemed2001@sgpgi.ac.in
or ben.stanberry@clert.com.
NHS Must Standardise and Innovate. Gisella Stuarts presentation
at the Healthcare Computing 2001 Conference in Harrogate Source: Medexonline
20-Mar-2001 www.medoxonline.com
TeleHealth: Nursing’s new frontier. Source: Healthcare Weekly 21 March 2001
The success of the newsletter depends very much on you! We want
the newsletter to be a tool for you to raise awareness to other members of
the work in which you are involved. This might be the development of new clinical
services, telecare products or new initiatives.
If you would like to contribute to the next circulation please
email monica@denwales.freeserve.co.uk
with your information
Please forward this e-mail to other colleagues who may find
it of interest.
Monica Dennis
Administration Officer
UK eHealth Association
Britannia House, 11 High Street, Cowbridge
Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7AD
Tel and fax: 01446 775189
Mobile: 0780 844 2079
Email: monica@denwales.freeserve.co.uk
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