ICW integrates LifeSensor to German ‘LifeService’
German e-health specialist, InterComponentWare, has announced its LifeSensor emergency record is now accessible from the Björn Steiger Foundation (BSS) ‘LifeService 112’ cell phone tracking system. The Björn Steiger Foundation implemented ‘LifeService 112’ in 2006 to quickly locate a caller via cell phone in case of an emergency. ICW has now integrated its LifeSensor emergency record […]
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Irish health service deploys new intranet
The Irish Health Service Executive has deployed a new intranet, installed by pTools Software The HSE intranet, which is built on pTools Content Management Software, provides information and services for all of its 100,000 strong workforce, and will be regularly accessed by over 50,000 HSE staff from a network of more than 25,000 computers. Key […]
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Call for improved sat nav for blind
Professor John Gill, chief scientist at the Royal National Institute of Blind People has called for satellite navigation systems to be better equipped with more detailed information for the blind. Speaking at a media roundtable on location technologies and assisted living, Professor Gill said technology trends are getting better at addressing the needs of the […]
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BCS launches new NHS IT qualification
A new qualification, NHS ELITE (NHS eLearning IT Essentials), has been launched by the British Computer Society and Department of Health IT agency Connecting for Health. Officially launched at last week’s Healthcare Computing 2008 conference, the new qualification, accredited by the BCS, helps to consolidate the IT skills of NHS staff by offering valuable hands-on […]
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French researchers develop symbols for drug info
A new icon system has been developed by researchers in France to enable practitioners to identify drug information using medical symbols. One use of the new drug icon system is for inclusion in electronic prescribing and medicines management software. The system uses a graphical language for medical knowledge visualisation called VCM (Visualisation des Connaissances Médicales), […]
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Six trusts win awards for safety and quality
Healthcare intelligence specialists CHKS Group has presented six NHS trusts across Great Britain with awards recognising outstanding achievement in patient safety, quality of care and data quality. Four trusts across Britain were awarded for excellence in clinical coding – East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust for England, NHS Tayside for Scotland, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust […]
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NHS chief execs may be accountable for data loss
The Information Commissioner has backed proposals by cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell to hold senior Whitehall figures and NHS chief executives personally responsible if their department or trust loses or mishandles personal information. Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London last Tuesday, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said he has seen a draft of O’Donnell’s report […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier news Sussex HIS use new e-learning for staff training Sussex Health Information Service (HIS) is using e-learning training services from ILX Group to make significant savings and enhancing training provision for its 400 staff. The […]
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CfH says patient safety work has progressed
Connecting for Health has worked hard to ensure its clinical software design meets patient safety requirements after a review conducted four years ago found that the National Programme for IT was not pro-actively addressing safety. Speaking at the Healthcare Computing conference, Maureen Baker, CfH’s national lead for clinical safety, said: “The main findings four years […]
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Gibraltar launches electronic transcription application
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has launched a new prescription transcribing and dispensing application, incorporating First DataBank Europe’s (FDBE) Multilex Drug Data File. The application will enable Gibraltar’s public GP clinics and pharmacies to store and share patient medication information in a central web-based system. Using a combination of unique prescription IDs and unique patient […]
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