German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records
Recent reports about incidents of data loss in the British healthcare system have alarmed medical doctors in other European countries.
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Capula Healthcare awarded BSI security certificate
Capula Healthcare has been awarded a BSI ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security certificate, the key security requirement set by NHS Connecting for Health. The certificate means that the company’s systems meet Connecting for Health requirements for tight security. Awarded after seven months of preparation, the certificate was assessed and certified by BSI, an external authority. David Gumm, business […]
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Six month delay to stage two of electronic prescriptions
Release two of the Electronic Prescription Service will not go live until spring or summer this year, at least six months later than initially planned. Connecting for Health told EHI Primary Care that the initial timetable had been based on indicative timescales from system suppliers but had been delayed because suppliers were not yet ready […]
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GP’s video encourages patients to access records
A GP has made a video to encourage patients in his practice to access their electronic records over the internet. Dr Amir Hannan, a GP in Hyde, Cheshire, and a pioneer of patient record access, made the video for the waiting room in his surgery but it is also available online on the records access […]
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North Tees emergency unit opens with wireless
Emergency staff at the University Hospital of North Tees are using wireless technology to treat patients at their bedside and monitor bed occupancy in the hospital’s new emergency assessment unit. The new unit uses the trust’s wireless network to allow staff to use a mobile workstation at the patient’s bedside. An electronic whiteboard has also […]
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Adastra offers e-prescribing to N Ireland customers
Clinicians in Northern Ireland using Adastra’s v3 case management system can now print a 2D barcode on their prescriptions – a requirement of the Northern Ireland Executive’s electronic prescribing system specification. Users of the system can print prescriptions with a 2D barcode at the top, containing structured details about the patient and the drugs prescribed – similar […]
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Carestream aids tumour screening in Albania
Carestream Health is providing computed radiography solutions, printing systems and professional services to an EU-funded screening project between Italy and Albania. Based on collaboration between Albania and the Puglia region of Italy, the project is designed to improve tumour screening and diagnoses services available to Albanian women. Health professionals in Albania and Puglia will work […]
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Wales begin pilots of e-referrals
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, is to start piloting electronic referrals system in three GP practices in Cardiff and Vale next month, following a successful test transmission using dummy data. The practices will take part in a ‘proof-of-concept’ trial that will replace hand-delivered patient referral letters with an electronic referral. Scotland’s SCI, the […]
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System C goes live in Isle of Man hospitals
System C has completed installation of its MedWay patient management system in two hospitals on the Isle of Man, less than nine months after the contract was awarded. The integrated systems went live on the exact date agreed with the Isle of Man at the outset of the contract and without any contract change notices. […]
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Turkish doctors pilot new decision support system
European and Turkish doctors and technicians have developed a medical support system, Saphire, which can track patients’ real-time vital signs, link them to patient medical history, and provide the latest clinical guidelines for patient care. The Intelligent Clinical Decision Support System (ICDSS) can also alert doctors when necessary and offers a range of services that […]
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