22 May 2006

Digital hospital

EHI looks at how a futuristic hospital in Norway can show what benefits an integrated approach to communications can bring
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22 May 2006

Heart of England procures independently on PACS

Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust in Birmingham has gone outside the nationally negotiated NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) contract
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22 May 2006

CBT pilots to include computer therapies

EHI Primary Care has learned that the Department of Health is preparing to include the use of computer software as part of new
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19 May 2006

Accolades for clinical and IT collaboration

NHS Connecting for Health has awarded five accolades to NHS organisations for their work in improving patient led services where
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18 May 2006

Courage to build

A European framework for interoperability is cruical to the success of e-health across the continent, industry leaders have argued at
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18 May 2006

PACS underway in half of English trusts

Around half of trusts in England either have a picture archiving and communications system “happening, about to happen or happened”,
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18 May 2006

Number of PCTs to be halved

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt this week announced the reorganisation of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England, almost halving the number
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18 May 2006

European ‘Connect-a-thon’ tests interoperability

Over 60 healthcare software companies and organisations from all over the world have gathered together in Spain to test the
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17 May 2006

NHS Direct announces cutbacks consultation

NHS Direct has launched a three month consultation with staff on proposals that will cut around 1,000 existing jobs. Reasons
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17 May 2006

Ascribe buys Jade Health

Acquisitive Bolton-based health IT group Ascribe has bought Jade Health from Jade Software Corporation, extending its product into mental health,
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