Call for semantic health interoperability
A leading UK academic has called for a new push on the development of semantic electronic health records based on ‘clinical archetypes’ as the only viable route to deliver fully interoperable electronic health care records, writes Jon Hoeksma in Slovenia. Dr Dipak Kalra of University College London said clinical archetypes, or “clinical shapes” need to […]
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Choose and Book release 4 relaunched
The latest version of Choose and Book to enable free choice at referral has been relaunched after Connecting for Health (CfH) had to delay launch of the update earlier this month. CfH pulled the deployment of release 4.0 of Choose and Book more than three weeks ago after it emerged that more than 300 patients […]
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Urgent review of SCR consent model recommended
The independent evaluation of the Summary Care Record has recommended an urgent review of its implied consent model and questioned whether a national system should be rejected in favour of a series of linked smaller systems.
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Oracle to host ESR e-learning workshops
Oracle has announced it is to hold a series of free workshops on its Oracle Learning Management product, which is available through the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Oracle Learning Management (OLM) is a component of the ESR which enables users to manage, record and report on the training and development of their employees in real […]
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Liquidlogic gives away free APIs
Liquidlogic, a provider of collaborative software to the public sector, has announced it is to offer its customers a full suite of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for their PROTOCOL applications free of charge. The free interfaces will be available to both new and current Liquidlogic customers from next month. Denise Harrison, Liquidlogic’s sales and marketing […]
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European firms sign global e-health deals
Two large European e-health suppliers have announced new deals to conduct healthcare work internationally, in the last month. Netherlands based Gemalto and Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare will be undertaking large projects in Algeria, Azerbaijan and Canada respectively. Gemalto has begun rolling out a two-year e-health project in Algeria (CNAS), consisting of 7m smartcards, known as Chifa, […]
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Balearic Islands connect to joint network
All public hospitals and around 80 connected Primary Health Centers in the Balearic Islands are now connected to a joint network, where the use of a master patient index is enabling Balearic doctors to access patient data and medical findings anytime. This includes the use of GE Healthcare Web-Viewer, which enables them to retrieve digital […]
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DH publishes self-care guidance
Health and social care staff need to help patients use technology to manage their own conditions according to new guidance on supporting self-care published by the Department of Health. Health minister Ivan Lewis announced the introduction of seven Common Core Principles to Support Self Care which the DH says will help health and social care […]
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EC encourages e-health innovation
The European Commission’s Information, Society and Media team has issued a new guidance document encouraging innovation-friendly procurement in e-health. The guidance says that the European e-health market “suffers from the fragmentation of public demand which in turn leads to a lack of exchangeability of products and services”. It adds: “There are also barriers for the […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 02.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 2 May 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, events and awards. Supplier news Ntl:Telewest Business say public sector unsure of 21CN benefits Research by ntl:Telewest Business with health trust telecoms managers has found that the majority are in the dark about BT’s £10 billion plans […]
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