Peterborough choose McKesson for HR and Payroll
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected McKesson Shared Services to support its HR and Payroll functions. Using McKesson Shared Services will mean they have first-line support for all administration tasks associated with the day-to-day functions of HR and Payroll using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), which McKesson provides under a national […]
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Entries open for BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008
New categories in the BT e-Health Insider Awards 2008 launched today will reward excellent work by healthcare information and communications technology professionals in vital areas such as patient safety, security and wireless working. Entries are now open to individuals and teams in seven categories: Healthcare IM&T Team of the Year Best use of IM&T to […]
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Dublin’s St James’s links speech and radiology
Ireland’s largest hospital, St James’s Hospital in Dublin, is using Nuance Communication’s PowerScribe dictaphone system to automate the creation of patient radiology reports using speech recognition. The Nuance system has been integrated with St James’s Cerner-supplied RadNet radiology system. In its first week of use, Nuance say PowerScribe has enabled the radiology department of the […]
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Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions
QResearch, the not-for-profit research partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham, is supporting a new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) faster. The project will involve a consortium of 18 leading European research institutions using clinical data from the electronic healthcare records (EHRs) of over 30m patients from European […]
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Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions
A new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, has received €5m EU funding to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) using real-time data from systems including the UK’s QResearch project, a collaboration between the University of Nottingham and GP supplier EMIS. The project will involve a consortium of 18 leading European research institutions using clinical data from […]
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Aintree to go-live with digital dictation
The Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected G2 Speech’s speech recognition technology for a trust-wide implementation in April. G2 Speech’s MediSpeech, powered by Philips SpeechMagic, will be installed at the trust’s two hospitals for clinicians and secretaries to use to improve turnaround times in getting diagnosis letters sent to GPs. MediSpeech identifies section […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 28.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 28 March 2008 featuring supplier news and appointments. Supplier news Care nurses to get online help Nurses making more than 75,000 medical visits a year, to enable often seriously ill people to be cared for at home, are being given hi-tech help by University of […]
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New-look SearchMedica launched
SearchMedica, the medical search engine controlled by medical professionals, has been re-launched. The new version of the site features a re-designed home and results page, which according to SearchMedica makes the search engine more intuitive and easier to use. Lisa Taylor, digital director of SearchMedica UK, said: “The information needs of healthcare professionals continue to […]
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Philips buys Tomcat Systems
Dutch IT giant Royal Philips Electronics has announced it will acquire Tomcat Systems Ltd, a Northern Ireland-based supplier of cardiac information systems, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tomcat provides integrated cardiac care software said to provide a comprehensive, patient-centric presentation of patient data and the ability to address both clinical and operational needs. […]
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CfH says much done, much yet to come
Gordon Hextall, CfH chief, says the NHS IT programme too often gets a negative press when in reality it has achieved much, though still has much more to do.
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