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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Centre for robotic surgery opened in London
Robotic assistant in action. A centre for robotic surgery has been created at Imperial College London with the aid of the Helen Hamlyn Trust. The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery will champion the integration of robotics into medicine and patient care, with the aim of developing advanced robotic technologies. It will be based at Imperial College […]
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iB Solutions wins contract extension
iB Solutions, an Irish subsidiary of IBA Health, has won a £22m contract extension with NHS Shared Business Services to host its Oracle financial and purchasing applications for a further five years. The Irish company has provided services to NHS SBS since 2002, and the current contract has been extended until 2014. The company is providing […]
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Humana launches commissioning simulator tool
Gloucestershire PCT pilots the Commissioning Simulator A new computer-based simulation programme has been launched by Humana Europe, which replicates the three-year business cycle of a PCT and could influence future commissioning. The commissioning tool, which is being offered to all strategic health authorities (SHAs) by the Department of Health, is said to provide a risk-free […]
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e-Health without frontier conference details issued
Details of the European Union-backed ‘e-Health without frontiers’ conference to be held in Slovenia, 6-7 May, have been belatedly been released. The event, which will be held in Portoz, Slovenia, will focus on the theme of e-Health without frontiers. The e-health conference coincides with Slovenia holding the presidency of the EU Council The conference is […]
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Finland awards national patient archive contract
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) has selected EMC to build a new centralised national patient record archive to securely store over 5m health records in what will become Finland’s largest database. The project aims to deliver an electronic prescription service later this year, followed by the completion of a comprehensive patient record and […]
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Swindells to open Healthcare Computing 2008
The Department of Health’s acting chief information officer, Matthew Swindells, has been confirmed as the opening speaker at next month’s Healthcare Computing conference. Swindells will tell the conference that IT professionals should “step forward and play their part” to help bring about changes in the NHS. He commented: “Information saves lives, so information professionals need […]
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