SCR integrated into Adastra
Out-of-hours provider Adastra has delivered an integrated solution for the Summary Care Record that will make access to the SCR much quicker and easier for clinicians, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The integrated solution means out-of-hours clinicians will be able to instantly access the SCR from within Adastra, subject to confidentiality safeguards. The system […]
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Sweden’s Sectra has record six months
Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has announced a record breaking six months with bookings, revenues and profits all up. Successful direct sales of medical systems led to Sectra’s order bookings during the second quarter being the highest ever. Among other orders, Sectra secured the largest single order to date when the Northern Ireland Department […]
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Europe launches CommonWell project
A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries, supporting independent living though better communications and more integration of health and social care. The European Union-backed CommonWell project aims to support independent living and improve the quality of life for older people and those […]
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NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’
David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a ‘pivot position’ and that the DH would not tolerate continued delays.
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Six hundred volunteers test NHSmail
NHS Connecting for Health is planning to start “extended user acceptance testing” of the new NHSmail platform on Monday.
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Watchdog calls for safety culture
The Healthcare Commission has urged the NHS to generate better comparative information on safe care and outcomes and to set up a national database of serious untoward incidents. In its final report on the State of Healthcare in England and Wales, the Commission says there is much about the health service that is positive and […]
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Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration
Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said to be the first RIS integration with a Citrix ready speech recognition for the European Middle East and Africa region. According to Nuance community hospitals, out-patient imaging centres and integrated delivery networks can now implement […]
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Report urges tech support for public health
The NHS needs to make more use of advanced technologies if it is to successfully tackle the nation’s unhealthy lifestyles, the King’s Fund has argued. A report from the think-tank on the effectiveness of public health campaigns aimed at smoking, alcohol misuse, poor diet and lack of exercise says the NHS needs better data analysis […]
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Shake up in Informatics Planning
Local health communities have been instructed to move towards “information-led rather than service-led planning” and to create new structures to plan and deliver the IT needed to do it. Informatics Planning 2009-10, a document published alongside the Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10, further shifts attention from the National Programme for IT in […]
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Perfect vision for health informatics
Representatives of international and regional e-health advocacy groups are meeting this week to agree plans for building “capacity” in the global health informatics workforce.
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