Bacon keeps up Connelly correspondence
Richard Bacon has renewed pressure on the Department of Health’s director general for informatics, Christine Connelly, to prove the value of the contracts signed as part of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Russells Hall first for new Siemens PACS
Russells Hall Hospital will be the first in the UK to implement the new syngo.plaza picture archiving and communications system from Siemens Healthcare.
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Leeds hospitals to go wireless
Leeds Hospitals NHS Trust is to implement a wireless network worth up to £3.5m following a successful pilot scheme.
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Mid Yorks deploys Ardentia BI
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with a business intelligence system from Ardentia.
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Ofcom calls for emergency text service
Mobile phone operators could be forced to allow users to text the emergency services under new proposals by regulator Ofcom.
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Herefordshire council nets NHS
Herefordshire County Council will extend the use of its regional public sector network to 20 healthcare sites that are currently managed by NHS Herefordshire.
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Digital dictation replaces Leeds jobs
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will reduce medical secretary posts by around a third by introducing digital dictation and speech recognition for medical correspondence.
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Health apps need new ways to make cash
Research2guidance has warned mHealth app developers that they will need to adapt their products and services if they want to generate revenue.
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Never events list demands wristbands
All organisations providing NHS care will be required to provide their patients with standardised printed wristbands or risk not being paid for procedures.
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Low use of Lorenzo in Bury
NHS Bury has said that as many as 30% of patient contacts are not being recorded in Lorenzo, even though the system has been in place for 15 months.
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