Rx Systems accredited for EPS R2
Pharmacy software supplier Rx Systems has become the second pharmacy supplier to achieve technical accreditation for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service. The company’s ProScript dispensary management system will now be tested with TPP’s SystmOne – the only GP system to be accredited for R2 – at Burrows and Close Pharmacy in Kimberley, Nottingham. […]
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Guernsey progresses InterSystems EHSCR
InterSystems has announced that Guernsey Health and Social Services Department has gone-live with key elements of its island-wide Electronic Health and Social Care Record (EHSCR). Guernsey has replaced its thirteen year old patient administration system, SWIFT, with InterSystems’ TrakCare, while simultaneously implementing new Accident and Emergency and theatre software and specialist child health software from CSE Healthcare […]
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The Rotherham slams ‘unhelpful’ SHA
Brian James, chief executive of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, has said its strategic health authority threatened it with a “double whammy” of costs to stop it going outside the National Programme for IT in the NHS. In a controversial speech at E-Health Insider Live ’09 about the trust’s decision to choose the US Meditech v6.0 electronic patient […]
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EU biobank battle begins
The Netherlands and Luxembourg are competing to become the world’s bio banking research hub. The Netherlands and Luxembourg are battling to host the European biobanking and bimolecular research Infrastructure (BBMRI). The BBMRI was set up with an initial budget of €5m from the European Commission to improve, join and coordinate more than 100 biobanks from […]
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West Dorset improves Down programme
The Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled-out a maternity solution from GE Healthcare to provide a vigorous Down Syndrome programme for women in West Dorset. The trust has joined forces with Health Net Connections (HCN), the UK distributor for GE Healthcare’s Viewpoint and Trium CTG, to roll the solution out across four sites, including […]
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Cohen: 25 trusts to get Lorenzo in 2010
The head of ISoft has said 25 NHS trusts will go live with the company’s ‘strategic’ electronic patient record, Lorenzo, next year. Speaking via a telephone link to E-Health Insider Live ’09, iSoft executive chairman and chief executive Gary Cohen said he was confident that Lorenzo Regional Care (Release 1.9) would go live across University […]
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Lorenzo Primary Care announced
ISoft executive chairman and chief executive Gary Cohen has announced that a Lorenzo Primary Care will be launched next year. During a live link-up to E-Health Insider Live ’09, Cohen said iSoft would continue to develop its existing primary care products: Synergy, Ganymede, and Premiere. But he added: “Today, I am pleased to announce that […]
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Achmea chooses Philips for telehealth
Royal Philips Electronics has partnered with Achmea Health, the largest healthcare insurer in the Netherlands, to develop solutions that will increase the independence of those living with chronic conditions. The five year co-operation agreement will focus on enabling those who suffer from chronic diseases to manage their health at home and reduce the need for […]
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NHS Direct aims to become ‘web first’
NHS Direct aims to shift a ‘substantial amount’ of its work from the telephone to the web next year, its chief executive has revealed. Nick Chapman told E-Health Insider Live ‘09 that it aims to become a ‘web first’ organisation to deliver more value for money to the NHS, but that this would be a […]
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SCR may have London roll out
The head of the London Programme for IT has admitted that the ‘one size fits all’ approach to deploying Cerner Millennium was a “mistake”. Speaking at E-Health Insider Live ’09, Kevin Jarrold said a “significantly different” approach was being taken at Kingston Hospital and St George’s Hospital NHS trusts, which are due to go live […]
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