Details of Preventative Technology Grant set out
The Department of Health has issued new guidance to local authorities advising them that funds from the Preventative Technology Grant, used to finance investment in telecare, can be extended into the next financial year. The Preventative Technology Grant is worth £80m and has been allocated over two years from April 2006. The grant is be […]
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Spanish hospital to pilot medical tablet PC
Intel, Oracle and Orion Health have announced the launch of a pilot for a new mobile computing device, designed from the ground up for use by clinicians in hospital and community environments. The Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) is lightweight rugged tablet PC with a built in carrying handle designed to withstand the knocks […]
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NHSmail to move to Microsoft Exchange
NHSmail, the email and directory service for the NHS, will undergo a technology refresh, transitioning from its existing Mirapoint platform to Microsoft Exchange 2007, Cable & Wireless has announced. The company, who have maintained the NHSmail service for Connecting for Health since 2004, says they became aware of Microsoft Exchange 2007 last December and began […]
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Mass GP2GP roll-out to begin end July
GP2GP electronic record transfer is expected to be able to be rolled out to more than 70% of GP practices from the end of this month. Connecting for Health (CfH) has told EHI Primary Care that it expects to give GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS authority to rollout version 1.1 of GP2GP record transfer […]
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Swiss agree compromise e-health strategy
After extensive political wrangling the Swiss Bundesrat – federal parliament – has endorsed a national e-health strategy, based on the implementation of electronic medical records by 2015. The adoption of the 58 page strategy was severely delayed due to protracted power struggles both between the federal and the regional governments and between regional governments and […]
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Safety technology needed to protect nurses, says RCN
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for the NHS to fund mobile devices to enable community nurses working alone to summon help after it found more than one in three have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years. The RCN this week launched a campaign, You’re Not Alone, to press the government to […]
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Community staff in Nottingham trial wireless record access
Community-based health professionals in Nottingham have taken part in a successful three month mobile technology trial, using wireless broadband-enabled laptops from Dell to access and update patient records on the move. The trial enabled staff to remotely access and update electronic patient records from the SystmOne primary and community care system supplied by TPP. The […]
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Granger says he is ‘ashamed’ of some systems provided
The departing head of the NHS IT programme Richard Granger has said he is ashamed of the quality of some of the systems put into the NHS by Connecting for Health suppliers, singling Cerner out for criticism. Going further than he before in acknowledging the extent of failings of systems provided to some parts of […]
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BT encourages trusts to use its conferencing service
Working across the UK health sector BT is helping to save millions of pounds each year as more and more trust sign up to conferencing solutions, which will further be enhanced by Video Conferencing soon to be available over the Health Service network. BT Conferencing is BT’s specialist service for the delivery of robust, reliable […]
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Liquidlogic launch integrated adults system
Collaborative software provider Liquidlogic has launched a new web-based integrated adults system (IAS) which will allow local authorities and NHS trusts to keep one detailed record of a patient’s social care needs from the care planning process, to referral history and financial management. The web-based system is based on Liquidlogic’s Integrated Children’s Solution, used widely by […]
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