Public asked for views on HealthSpace
Patients are being invited to give their views on the future development of the Department of Health’s personal health record project, HealthSpace.
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Scotland delivers e-prescription service
Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with more than 90% of prescriptions now submitted electronically. Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the electronic Acute Medication Service (eAMS) was the first national system of its kind to go live anywhere in the UK […]
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Wireless healthcare depends on security
A new report has warned that the security of wireless health applications needs to be improved if they are to realise their full potential.
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Siemens wins Barts network contract
Barts and The London NHS Trust has awarded a four-year, multi million-pound contract to Siemens Enterprise Communications to implement a fixed and wireless LAN and security infrastructure. The work will provide the trust, including the new hospitals, with a single network able to handle data, voice and video streaming from multiple wireless devices and PCs […]
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Problems at flagship urgent care service
A flagship urgent care service covering five primary care trusts generated dozens of complaints from patients and doctors in its first two months of operation – and call handler NHS Direct had £23,000 withheld for failing to meet its contractual requirements. West Yorkshire Urgent Care covers more than 2m patients in Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Calderdale […]
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Siemens wins South African Soarian deal
Siemens Healthcare has won an €18m deal to provide 37 hospitals and 300 clinics in South Africa with its Soarian MedSuite healthcare IT software.
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King’s picks McKesson whiteboard system
One of London’s largest hospital trusts is to scrap its manual whiteboards and install a real time room and patient visibility system from McKesson. King’s College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to install McKesson’s Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a visual control system designed specifically for hospitals, as part of its Releasing Time to Care: The […]
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Microsoft recognises EMIS and CareWorks
UK IT system suppliers EMIS and CareWorks have been named as two of three worldwide finalists in Microsoft’s Public Sector Health Partner of the Year awards. The overall winner in the category was US-based iLink Systems which worked with Microsoft’s HealthVault and Microsoft’s Health Common User Interface to implement a community-based personal health record system […]
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EU issues telemedicine update
The European Commission has published a new staff working paper on telemedicine which adds further detail to the ‘Communication’ on telemedicine published last November.
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NW Ambulance Service COIN
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has created a community of interest network to link its headquarters and ambulance stations. The new infrastructure runs across the NHS’ broadband network, N3, and links 141 trust sites in Greater Manchester, Cumbria and Lancashire, and Cheshire and Merseyside. The trust estimates the COIN will save it around £60,000 […]
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