MyDocOnline Adds Evidence-Based Guidelines
MyDocOnline a US e-health subsidiary of Pharma firm Aventis; is to incorporate an evidence-based care management application EBMpact, into its suite of tools for online communication between patients and their physicians. EBMpact’s guidelines are designed to minimise costly medical practice variation and increase patient compliance, to reduce unnecessary costs and maximise patient health outcomes. The […]
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Lancashire Selects Per-Se for Electronic Records
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with Per-Se Technologies Inc. to implement its Patient clinical information system. The electronic record system, which will first be implemented by the Lancashire trust, is expected to eventually form the basis for a regional integrated electronic record. The £8.3m contract represents Per-Se’s first sales of its […]
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SNOMED Adds Nursing Terms
The American College of Pathologists has signed an agreement to integrate detailed nursing interventions and outcomes classifications into the College’s SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) product. Though the announcement focuses nursing concepts developed in the US it could have significance for the NHS, which is thought to be inching towards adopting SNOMED CT as […]
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Cerner Buys German PACS Firm
Cerner Corp., the leading US health IT supplier, is to acquire Image Devices GmbH, a German developer of picture archiving and communication systems, or PACS. This transaction will promote the continued development and enhancement of Cerner’s PACS solutions and substantially increase Cerner’s presence in Europe. Image Devices is a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) […]
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ComMedica Secures Further Backing
ComMedica Limited, an innovative web-based clinical information system company spun-out from London’s Imperial College, has secured a further £2 million in funding. The money will be used to continue development of ComMedica’s Patient Record Library System, or PiRiLiS, a unique system that allows complete patient medical records, including still and moving images, to be accessed […]
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Patient Letters: Do We Really Need More Research?
Two leading doctors have challenged the need for further research and pilots on the NHS Plan’s pledge to give patients copies of letters about and summaries of their treatment and care. Professor Sir Cyril Chantler, senior associate at the King’s Fund and Mr James Johnson, chairman of the British Medical Association’s joint consultants’ committee, point […]
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Addenbrooke’s To Develop Web-based Cancer System
Addenbrooke’s Hospital is to build a Web-based clinical cancer information system for use within the trust over NHSnet and by other partners in the local health economy. Called the Joint Clinical Information System project, the project is being run by three project partners – Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust in Cambridge, the University of Cambridge and the […]
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Legionnaires’ in Cumbria: NHS Strategic Tracing System Helps Ease Public Fears
The latest version of the NHS Strategic Tracing System (NSTS) has played a key role in getting the results of Legionnaires’ Disease tests out to GPs and patients during the recent outbreak in Cumbria. Staff at Morecambe Bay Hospital NHS Trust, who have been delivering and co-ordinating medical care during the outbreak were able to […]
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HCN Wins Extension on Australian Contract
Health Communication Network (HCN), an Australian medical IT and health software provider, has announced the renewal of an $8 million deal that will enable New South Wales (NSW) Health to provide doctors, nurses and allied health professionals with online health information through its Clinical Information Access Program (CIAP) health information database. NSW Health originally negotiated […]
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European Doctors Taking Lead on Use of IT
General Practitioners in Scandinavia, Netherlands and UK are leading Europe in the use of IT at work, and in key areas such as use of electronic medical records European GPs has a significant lead over their US counterparts. The findings come from the latest research by Harris Interactive on e-health. It reports that medical practices […]
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