11 July 2005

Philips buys US PACS firm Stentor

  Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire Stentor, a US firm specialising in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for
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11 July 2005

Emerging technologies in CfH sights

  Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them
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11 July 2005

GP2GP transfers: the benefits and limitations

GP2GP electronic transfers of records are much quicker than their paper-based equivalents, but they won’t eliminate the need for paper
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8 July 2005

NHS Direct may lack capacity to handle OOH calls

NHS Direct may have insufficient capacity to manage out of hours (OOH) care in the integrated fashion envisaged by the
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8 July 2005

Secondary uses pose confidentiality challenge

Meeting the NHS’s need for more information while supporting individuals’ rights to confidentiality is a key challenge for the Secondary
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7 July 2005

Granger issues stern warning for failing suppliers

Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT and chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health, has delivered another stern warning
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7 July 2005

Call to publish Gateway reviews of IT projects

There is a ‘strong case’ for Gateway reviews of public sector IT-enabled projects to be published, the high powered House
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7 July 2005

Choose and Book adopters to get tech support

The Department of Health is set to launch a high level technical help scheme to support local Choose and Book
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7 July 2005

Across the miles

The Isle of Arran and mainland Ayrshire are host to a successful long-term telehealth project, E-Health Insider reports.
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6 July 2005

National record content outlined by CfH

Information on mental health, sexual health and infections should be excluded from the initial summary record on the spine, Connecting
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