£16.45m renewal contract for IB Solutions
A ten-year £16.45m managed service contract to host Oracle financials and procurement applications for a consortium of 56 NHS bodies in England has been awarded to IB Solutions, a sister company of iSoft. The contract is an extension of a current agreement, which has ended. The 56 NHS organisations served by IB Solutions form the […]
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Sicily uses Orbis to evaluate EPR plans
Agfa HealthCare’s ORBIS Electronic Patient Record software is to be used in an evaluation of sharing patient information across the Italian region of Sicily. Elements of the Orbis EPR software are being evaluated at the Vincenzo Carvello hospital in Palermo. The 400-bed hospital manages the entire patient flow through all hospital departments. Roberto Lagalla, regional […]
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EU tables proposals for health single market
The European Commission says EU citizens will be allowed to opt to receive healthcare in any member state, under new proposals due in January that may help create a health single market. The proposals would enable patients across the EU to opt to be treated in any member state, if the treatment is allowed in […]
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DH found guilty on MTAS data protection breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has found the Department of Health in breach of the Data Protection Act following an investigation into a security breach in the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) website, and warns the department faces potential prosecution. The ICO yesterday warned the DH of possible future prosecutions following the May security breach on […]
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Connected Santa comes to Great Ormond St.
Cisco made a few Christmas dreams come true at Great Ormond Street this week, bringing Santa Claus to the playroom.
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Heart check-ups by phone offered over Christmas
Over 100 GP practices in the North West of England will be offering patients heart check-ups over the phone during the Christmas holiday period. People living in Greater Manchester who experience cardiac symptoms over the holiday season will be able to go along to their local practice or walk-in centre and be tested on the […]
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US group calls for national patient IDs
America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to be established. Under the proposals, patients would choose to subscribe to the voluntary system, which would assign them a unique ID for them and their medical information. A voluntary, patient-controlled system of unique identifiers is […]
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CSW named SME of the year
John Chelsom recieves the award (right) Oxford-based health software firm CSW has been named ‘SME Organisation of the Year’ at the British Computer Society (BCS) IT Awards. CSW’s winning entry entitled ‘Taking Electronic Health Records Worldwide’ was said by the judges to have “demonstrated strong company growth in a difficult market, with staff and investors […]
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Birmingham PCT to extend telecare to 27,000
A PCT plans to expand its telephone-based care management programme, from 2000 to 27,000 patients, following the results from the first year. Birmingham East and North PCT together with NHS Direct and Pfizer Health Solutions launched Birmingham OwnHealth, a nurse-led telephone care management programme, in April 2006. The innovative service is designed to provide telephone […]
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PCTs to lead on NHS IMandT development
The NHS operating framework for 2008-2009 says that in the coming year local NHS organisations will be expected to build on the National Programme for IT local ownership programme (NLOP) with PCTs required to “further develop their leadership role”. It states that during the course of the current year “the transfer of resources from central […]
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