Long Eaton Health Centre implements VoIP system
Long Eaton Health Centre, an all-in-one clinic in Derbyshire County PCT has gone live with a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system from NEC Philips Unified Solutions. The SOPHO 2000 IPS will provide Long Eaton with a hybrid IP communications infrastructure allowing a smooth migration towards fully scalable native IP telephony, saving the […]
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Information Commissioner backs electronic care records
The UK’s Information Commissioner has issued new guidance to members of the public on the government’s plans to develop a national system of electronic care records, based on enquiries that have been received. Overall the Commissioner backs plans for a national system of summary records but says he plans to keep a close eye on how […]
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CSC delivers seven new systems in North East and East
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced that it deployed seven new IT systems to GP practices and healthcare community settings, in the first two weeks of taking over responsibility as local service provider for the NHS IT programme in the North East and East of England. Rotherham Primary Care Trust in South Yorkshire has gone […]
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90% of children back Child Index
More than 90% of children believe it will be acceptable for doctors, school nurses and health visitors to access the forthcoming Children’s Index , according to new research. The Office of the Children’s Rights Director ran discussion groups and carried out a web survey to discover the views of children and young people on the […]
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Nuffield Hospitals invest in new Dell hardware
Nuffield Hospitals group has replaced its entire desktop infrastructure with a new set of 3,500 new desktop PCs provided by Dell. The private hospital group, which has 40 hospitals in England and Scotland, made the investment after deciding its existing infrastructure had reached end-of-life and required replacement. Nuffield’s general manager for IT service management, Iain […]
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DTI says it will back UK telehealth firms
Industry and regions minister, Margaret Hodge has said that the Department of Trade and Industry wants to promote new telehealth technologies that are crucial to managing burgeoning healthcare budgets. Speaking at the London Telehealth conference this week, Hodges said: “New technologies can help deal with the ageing population in part. The DTI wants to develop […]
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Granger promises summary care record pilots by Easter
Connecting for Health’s chief executive, Richard Granger, has revealed that the first pilots of the national summary care record project should be ready to begin by Easter. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium yesterday, Granger said that the delayed project summary record will be ready to begin rollout to initial pilot trusts by Easter. Dr […]
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Telecare can grow to meet demands of 2020
Telecare has the capacity to become a key tool in helping cope with future demands of the fast ageing population, once it gets past current restrictions. Over the next 50 years, the population of over 65s will rise from 9.3m to 16.8m, with an estimated 90% of people wanting to live in their own home with any support they need […]
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Maltese tender suspended due to corruption allegation
A €30m tender for an integrated health information system at Malta’s new Mater Dei Hospital has been suspended following an allegation that a ministry for IT (MITTS) official passed on commercially confidential award information to one of the two consortia competing for the contract. A statement from the MITTS department released on Tuesday confirmed that […]
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Patients to rate care received using new NHS website
The government is to set up a new website to allow patients to publish and share reviews of care recived from GPs and hospitals. Patients will be able to post detailed reviews of their experiences in their GP surgery or of their hospital appointments, in a similar style to restaurant reviews. The aim of the website is […]
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