5 December 2006

Plymouth opts for Ensemble integration platform

Plymouth ICT Shared Services is replacing its current integration platform with InterSystems Ensemble, it was announced today. Plymouth’s director of
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5 December 2006

Hospitals told not to use C+B to manage demand

Hospitals that have been using Choose and Book to manage demand by withholding appointments slots have been ordered to stop
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5 December 2006

NHS broadband network provider wins ISO accreditation

BT has announced that its NHS New National Network service provider arm (N3SP), the unit within BT responsible for building
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5 December 2006

Medical search engine rated ‘better than Google’

A survey of over 200 GPs has found that two thirds feel that specialist search engines such as SearchMedica can be
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4 December 2006

DH rejects patient opt-out requests

The Department of Health has rejected patients’ requests to stop their information being uploaded to the NHS data spine. On
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4 December 2006

Fresh guidance issued on PBC data requirements

Fresh guidance on practice-based commissioning sets out the minimum data requirements that primary care trusts (PCTs) are expected to provide
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4 December 2006

Information Centre to centralise social care records

The Information Centre is working towards producing a new information system for adult social care records, called the Adult Social
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4 December 2006

Kodak to implement PACS in Tuscany

Kodak has agreed a five year deal worth €20m to install its Carestream software in the south-east region of Tuscany,
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1 December 2006

Anger at CMO’s request to forward opt-out coupons

England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to all GPs asking them to forward to the Department of
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1 December 2006

E-Health Insider wins technology journalism award

E-Health Insider’s editor and co-founder, Jon Hoeksma, was named Technology Journalist of Year in the 2006 techMark Awards last night.
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