Fujitsu exit may hinder trusts on 18-week waits
NHS trusts in the South of England may struggle to reach the national 18-week wait referral to treatment (RTT) target, as a result of the ending of Fujitsu’s contract to provide IT systems, including software to monitor waiting times. The warning, made by healthcare business intelligence specialist Ardentia, comes in the week that the Department […]
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Barco win large Brazilian contract
Belgian medical imaging firm, Barco has won a significant contract to supply high-grade PACS display systems to the ‘Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo’, the largest hospital in Brazil. The new systems will be installed in the hospital’s reporting rooms and will be deployed to replace the existing film-based […]
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Consultation begins on national GP data extraction
The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record and analyse local GP activities to improve patient care and target NHS resources more effectively. GP extraction service (GPES) will be a centrally-managed primary care data extraction and analysis tool which will obtain information from […]
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Cegedim Rx launches patient txt messaging
Pharmacy systems supplier, Cegedim Rx are to launch a new patient messaging system called Message Dynamics as part of Pharmacy Manager and Nexphase systems. The communications tool has been designed with feedback from the Cegedim Rx User Group and allows pharmacists to communicate directly with their patients via telephone or SMS text about their medications. […]
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AOK launches medication comparator website
German health insurer, AOK, has launched a new database that lets users compare different medications. The database, on AOK’s website, is available to free to all registered members, where they can compare any drugs for any condition. Both prescription drugs and those freely on sale are included, and the database distinguishes between the two categories, […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 30.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 30 May 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Ascribe announces 12 new sales in last year Ascribe has announced that during the last 12 months it has increased the customer base of its next generation hospital Web […]
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Industry experts call for acute systems of choice
A range of politicians, industry analysts and experts have urged NHS Connecting for Health to use Fujitsu’s exit from the National Programme for IT as an opportunity to introduce acute systems of choice, based on the ASCC catalogue. Fujitsu on Wednesday had its £896m contract as local service provider in the South terminated, after a […]
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Opinion Health acquires Pearl Medical
More than 400 GPs provided with a BlackBerry mobile device by Pearl Medical have been told their contract will be cancelled or offered different terms following an acquisition of the company by another firm. Pearl Medical has been acquired by Opinion Health, a market research company targeting the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector and with a […]
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Anoto enables BlackBerry integration to digital pen
Swedish digital pen and paper specialist, Anoto, has partnered with wireless BlackBerry platform developer, PaperIQ, to enable digital pen and paper input to be wirelessly transmitted to the character recognition system. The Anoto Digital Pen Integration Kit for BlackBerry provides users with everything required to integrate Anoto’s digital pen technology with a BlackBerry smartphone application […]
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DH funds collaborative ICT research
Information and Communications technology features in five of the seven partnerships which are receiving a share of the £64m research grant for studies looking at major conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. The new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Health Research and Care sites were announced by health minister, Dawn Primarolo, […]
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