Mid-Essex integrates systems in just 4 weeks
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust has successfully installed an enterprise integration engine able to support interfaces in multiple medical terminologies. While integration engines can typically take three months to implement the trust was able to complete its installation of Ensemble in just four weeks. The InterSystems Ensemble interface engine will provide trust-level integration for […]
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German health IT fair splits
One of the two main German trade fairs for information technology in healthcare, the ITeG appeared to be in disarray at the end of last week. Trade fair organizer, Mesago, and the leading German industrial association for health-IT, VHitG, have decided to go separate ways after a difference of views about the future of […]
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ESR approaches one million NHS staff
The ninth wave of NHS organisations have gone live with the integrated HR and payroll system, the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR); as a result 476 organisations covering 949,470 NHS employees are now using the system. The £300m 15-year Department of Health project is being delivered by a consortium led by health IT specialist McKesson, […]
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Brighton and Sussex deploys digital dictation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has deployed new digital dictation and speech recognition software which will fully integrate with their existing patient administration system (PAS). The trust has rolled out the WinScribe digital dictation system from suppliers, SRC, across the trust, covering 25 departments and over 800 users. The aim of the system is to improve […]
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Bupa completes Choose and Book integration
NHS patients in England will now be able to ‘Choose and Book’ treatment at a local Bupa hospital using the health service’s electronic booking service. The Department of Health appointed Bupa Hospitals to offer NHS patients the choice of NHS treatment in August 2006, after announcing extended choice in May. Since then the private hospital group has […]
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Rhineland-Palatina to offer PHR to newborns
The German federal state of Rhineland-Palatina is to offer all its newborn infants a smartcard-based personal health record (PHR) on the internet, in a project beginning 2008. The project is believed to be the first time that a web-based personal health record will be offered across an entire German region. Rhineland-Palatina is a mid-size federal […]
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Forces medical records system ready to roll out
Derek Twiggs meets staff at RAP Following successful pilots, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) is due to be deployed progressively around military bases in the UK and abroad by August next year. The DMICP, developed by LogicaCMG, will allow instant access to military personnel’s health history from any enabled system, in a field […]
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Strong growth in German health IT market
A new study of the German health IT market has sized the sector as being worth between Euros 1.1bn and 1.4bn, and says it is set to grow at up to 6 percent a year over the next 4 years as the German economy gathers momentum. The study by analysts IDC paints an optimistic outlook for the […]
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Internet chat offers new approach in mental health
Mental health treatment based on the use of internet chat after in-patient care produced positive results in a controlled trial conducted by researchers at Heildelberg University. They conclude that modern communication technologies offer novel opportunities for the provision of stepped care for patients with mental disorders. The study, published in the July issue of the Journal […]
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Stockport practice pioneers online asthma self-care
A GP practice in Stockport has successfully piloted a groundbreaking new online monitoring service for asthma patients enabling them to better self-manage their condition. Marple Cottage surgery worked with primary care systems provider EMIS to develop the internet-based service, which allows patients to complete regular reviews of their condition from home without having to always […]
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