VIDEO: Needlestick injuries costing NHS millions of pounds

UK-based company, NeedleSmart develops unique technology addressing issues of needlestick injuries – which is reported at more than 100,000 in the UK.

20 July 2017
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Special report: Observations and Vital Signs

Vital signs observation recording systems have revolutionised the recording of vital signs data and calculation of risk scores over the past few years. With increasingly sophisticated capabilities, and vast quantities of vital signs data now available for analysis, the next generation of vital signs observations tools are now emerging, Claire Read reports.

12 July 2017
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Somerset A&E clinicians benefit from electronic patient record

Somerset clinicians providing frontline emergency care now have instant access to GP medical records of half a million patients in the county.

18 July 2017
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Govt. will withdraw Microsoft XP support from 2018

Windows XP support will be withdraw nationally from 2018, the government have said in response to the Caldicott report.

13 July 2017
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Royal Liverpool launches its GDE strategy with region-wide EPR plans

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals’ GDE strategy was launched at iLinks with the region wide EPR a key tenet of the plans.

11 July 2017
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Moorfields picks Hicom to develop its OpenEyes EPR

The trust that created the OpenEyes electronic patient record has brought in an external supplier to increase the EPR’s functionality.

11 July 2017
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Healthcare IT news round-up

This months’ healthcare IT round-up includes various healthcare organisations entering into contracts with suppliers and about a trust’s new check-in kiosk.

7 July 2017
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