Orange Healthcare launched in France
Global mobile phone network provider Orange has created a division to compete in the e-health market. Named Orange Healthcare, the division will initially launch in France, as part of Orange France Télécom’s partnership in the country, with plans to expand across Europe over the next few years. Eric Le Bihan, vice-president of the health program […]
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Government launches new assisted living R&D
The Technology Strategy Board, an executive non-departmental public body, controlled by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, has launched a £12m assisted living technology R&D initiative. The initiative aims to address healthcare challenges caused by the impact of individuals living longer, the increasing demand for care for people with long-term conditions and the […]
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Government rejects consent call for SUS use
The government has rejected calls from the Commons Health Select Committee to apply consent to the use of Secondary Uses Service data for research purposes, including information in ‘sealed envelopes’. In its official response to the committee’s report on the Electronic Patient Record the government says that the design of the Secondary Uses Services (SUS) […]
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GP practice asks if it should drop 0844 number
A GP practice in Worcester is asking patients whether or not it should keep its 0844 telephone number. Ombersley Medical Centre is running a poll to decide whether or not they keep the 5p per minute contact number. All 4,070 patients are able to participate when they come into the surgery, and the poll has […]
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Ireland’s Ratemyhospital wins top e-health prize
Ireland’s Ratemyhospital.ie has been awarded the top prize for e-health by the Internet’s World Summit Award at a gala event in Venice. In its citation, the WSA said: "In line with the best of social software sites, Ratemyhospital provides a single and clear platform for feedback on hospital treatments and services…the site aims to provide […]
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Scotland issues revised ETP schedule
Scotland has issued a revised timetable for the rollout of its electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) project which it now aims to complete by the end of September next year, six months later than planned. The latest estimates for the rollout of the Scottish ePharmacy Programme predict that all GPs should have access to ETP […]
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Scotland launches first interactive ‘info pods’
Patients living in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde region will be able to obtain health information around the clock, after the area became the first in Scotland, to introduce electronic ‘info pods’. The scheme is being piloted by the Scottish health board, with the new innovative patient information systems open for business at two Glasgow […]
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Wythenshawe uses barcodes to access records
Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, has deployed new bar code scanners from Datalogic to digitally track and call up paper patient records from their new iPM patient administration system (PAS). Staff at the hospital can now scan bar codes on paper patient record, which then automatically bring […]
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CSC to buy First Consulting Group
Computer Sciences Corporation has agreed to acquire First Consulting Group, an IT services company that provides services and products to health organisations. CSC says that the acquisition of First Consulting Group (FCG) will increases CSC’s US domestic and offshore healthcare expertise and service delivery capabilities. The all cash transaction was for approximately £174m ($365m). The […]
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Singapore visits London to see RiO
The benefits to patients of new IT systems in London, delivered under the NHS IT programme, has been attracting international interest in London, which was recently visited by the Singapore Ministry of Health. The Singapore Ministry of Health officials saw London’s first step on the journey towards the national electronic shared health care record system, […]
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