Politicians question major IT projects
Opposition politicians are lining up to promise to scrap major IT projects as the full scale of the coming public spending squeeze becomes apparent. But home secretary Jacqui Smith has indicated that the government plans to press ahead with plans to store communications data and make it available to the emergency services, health and other […]
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Norfolk and Norwich develops unique PAS
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone-live with an updated version of its unique patient administration system. The refresh means the Pathways Patient Administration PAS will operate from a modern hardware platform with an up to date database and application software. The trust hopes this will give it more scope for developments […]
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50 practices to trial Welsh e-referrals
Almost 50 GP practices in Wales will shortly become early adopters for the Welsh electronic referral system, Informing Healthcare has announced. The practices will use the new Welsh Clinical Communications Gateway, a version of the Scottish Care Information Gateway already used in Scotland for 97% of referrals. The 46 practices in Cardiff and the Vale […]
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Liverpool Women’s takes Philips CareServant
Philips CareServant Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is implementing the first interactive multimedia system from Philips in the UK. The system, Philips CareServant, will provide patients with an entertainment system, including local cable TV, video on demand and internet access. It will also allow patients to view hospital information such as department opening times. Additional […]
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Four BT Cerner deployments for South
BT is to deploy Cerner Millennium to a further four acute sites in the South of England as part of its deal to take over the eight sites already live with the system. In response to a written question from Conservative health spokesman Stephen O’Brien, health minister Ben Bradshaw said the company would also be […]
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Guidance on EPS R2 released
NHS Connecting for Health has published detailed guidance on release two of the Electronic Prescription Service. The 70 page document provides information on how each of the business processes involved in release two will work. This includes nomination, electronic cancellation of prescriptions, use of prescription and dispensing tokens, electronic repeat dispensing and electronic submission of […]
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UltraGenda revamps booking for Bruges
UltraGenda has revamped the booking application it built for the St Jan hospital in Bruges because referring physicians disliked the initial booking process. UltraGenda built UG Broka for the hospital in 2005. A case study written by Helga De Neve, chief information officer at the hospital, and released by the company says that “although the […]
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E-Health Insider’s industry round up 24.04.09
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Directorate receives ISO accreditation The directorate at Walsall Manor Hospitals NHS Trust that manages estates, telecommunications and medical equipment has achieved the ISO 9001 quality management system standard – the first time a whole hospital directorate […]
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iSoft signs Southern contract outside NPfIT
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first in the Southern cluster to sign a major contract with iSoft.
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Telecare delivers savings in Scotland
Telecare in Scotland has delivered savings of more than £11m and is improving health and social care delivery and quality of life for users, according to an evaluation report. The report on Scotland’s Telecare Development Programme concludes that it has delivered savings of £11.15m in 2007-08, based on 7,902 people receiving telecare equipment. It estimates […]
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