iSoft to launch RadCentre in the Netherlands
Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.
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ASSIST says idea NHS like a bank ‘fundamentally flawed’
NHS informatics professional body ASSIST has published a paper saying the original NHS National Programme for IT plan of a one size fits all approach “does not work”.
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Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.
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Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.
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Leading US health web sites merge
The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.
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PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives
A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step up their efforts to improve take–up of Choose and Book.
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GPs face limits on third party add-ons
GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they can use in their practices under the GP Systems of Choice PCT-practice agreement.
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PCTs criticised over IM+T DES ruling
GP representatives claim PCTs are acting incorrectly by setting a minimum number of records that have to be electronically summarised before GPs can qualify for payments under the IM&T directed enhanced service (DES).
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Italian GPs get digital x-rays online
Carestream Health and Italy’s San Salvatore Hospital have announced the development of a new radiology information system module that enables GPs to book digital x-ray examinations and get results back online.
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Basildon and Thurrock tightens security
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has held a USB stick amnesty and implemented new software to comply with DH data security requirements.
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