Carestream Health launched
The Euro 1.71bn (USD 2.35 bn) deal to transfer Kodak Health Group to its new Canadian owners is complete and the new acquisition has been officially re-named Carestream Health Inc. An announcement about the completion was made today (1 May) by the group’s new owners, Onex Corporation whose managing director, Robert M Le Blanc said: “Carestream Health […]
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Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records
GP practices must remain the data controller for GP records even if databases are held within a hosted environment, Scottish GP representatives have agreed. In a special debate on information sharing and confidentiality at the Scottish Local Medical Committees’ (LMCs) conference last week GPs also insisted that Scotland’s explicit consent model should remain for […]
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Information Governance will be ongoing challenge
Connecting for Health have told the House of Commons Health Select Committee that addressing the information governance challenge for shared records and use of patient data in an electronic NHS would be an ongoing challenge for the coming decade, in the same way that getting clinical governance right had been the challenge of the previous decade. Quizzed about privacy […]
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Nine companies in GP systems beauty parade
Nine companies including one newcomer to the market presented their GP IT systems to GP and primary care trust representatives as part of the GP Systems of Choice procurement process last week. The beauty parade of GP IT suppliers, including the eight existing suppliers plus one company developing a new system, took place over two […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support to help resolve the problems they encountered after going live in April with a Cerner Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations at the Millennium […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support in resolving the problems they encountered in April after going live with the Millennium Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations […]
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Surrey and Sussex go live with Millennium
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has become the latest trust in the Southern cluster to go-live with Cerner’s Millennium Release 0 patient administration system, delivered by local service provider Fujitsu. The trust went live with the system trust-wide on the evening of Friday 20 April, at the same time as local service provider Computer Sciences […]
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Nottingham expands diabetic retinopathy service
A £4.5m community-based digital eye screening programme for diabetics in Nottingham is being rolled out to a further six locations, after its original four sites saw almost 11,000 patients in just seven months. The Nottingham Diabetic Retinopathy Service was launched last September screening diabetic patients at the Queen’s Medical Centre, City Hospital, Stapleford Care Centre […]
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iSoft says takeover talks “well advanced”
iSoft announced late on Friday that it is in "well advanced" takeover talks with "several parties", and expects to be able to make a statement soon. The company responsible for delivering new software systems to 60% of the English NHS said that discussions with potential buyers had taken longer than expected, due to concerns over its role […]
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Mobile phone that monitors health developed
A mobile phone that will measure patients’ vital signs and will deliver the results straight to GPs is being developed by academics at Leeds University. The prototype ‘next-generation’ phone is being designed to allow patients to monitor their own health and receive advice from the comfort of their own home. Using a Bluetooth connection, the […]
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