Electronic Prescriptions Project Schedule Under Threat
One of the key figures behind the development of electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) in the UK has publicly questioned whether the Department of Health (DH) can achieve its target of rolling out ETP nationally by 2006. Ewan Davis, chairman of PharMed, which is leading the Transcript consortium — one of three approved ETP pilots […]
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InHealth Group Buys UK Arm of IBA Health
InHealth Group, the acquisitive UK health services, equipment and IM&T firm, today announced it has acquired the UK business of Australian health IT supplier IBA Health Limited The deal is valued at £5.2m excluding annual support fees and the option for future software licences. InHealth Group is also investing £1.8m in ordinary shares of IBA […]
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Cardiff to be Oracle Healthcare Customer Advisor
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust will be a key Customer Advisor in Oracle Corporation’s development of a web-based, patient-centred healthcare information system based on its leading e-business suite. The Oracle Healthcare integrated solution is intended to help provide improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness and quality of care to hospitals and other care delivery organisations by consolidating clinical, […]
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Is Telemedicine Finally Delivering the Goods?
Telemedicine is working hard to wipe out its reputation for producing interesting projects but not much real-life action – and papers at the Royal Society of Medicine’s TeleMed ’02 conference this week reflected that mission. Titled “From Research to Service Delivery”, the conference’s agenda clearly aimed to convince the sceptics and hard-headed budget holders that […]
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E-Ceptionist Enables Online Bookings in Denmark
Danish healthcare provider Vitao, has signed a deal with US online appointment bookings firms E-Ceptionist that will allow Vitao’s customers to schedule and manage their health appointments over the Internet. Using the E-Ceptionist service, Vitao’s customers will be able to use the Internet to schedule appointments with healthcare providers within the Vitao network and within […]
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A.D.A.M Signs Content Deal with Tenet Healthcare
A.D.A.M., Inc, the leading US electronic health content publisher, has signed a content licensing deal with Tenet Healthcare – its largest deal yet with a major hospital group. Under the agreement both English and Spanish versions of A.D.A.M.’s core health information products, including its illustrated health encyclopaedia, will be made available on Tenet’s hospital web […]
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NAO Praises NHS Direct Implementation
The first national evaluation of NHS Direct, the flagship NHS nurse-led telephone health advice service, concludes that the service has been a success and praises the way the project has been managed and the key IT system procured and implemented. The telephone advice service, which uses a national clinical decision support system, is redirecting up […]
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Eli Lilly E-mail Lapse Highlight Need for Privacy Policies
Two news items from the US over the past week have highlighted the need for rigorous privacy policies when managing electronic patient sensitive data and electronic communications with patients. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled that pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly will not have to pay a fine after it accidentally disclosed the e-mail addresses […]
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Living Health TV Wins International Media Award
Living Health, the interactive digital health TV service, has won a top prize at the prestigious 10th International EMMA (Electronic Multimedia) Awards in Hamburg, Germany. The service was Voted "best interactive TV service" by a panel of 50 global industry experts, beating interactive media services from over 40 countries. Living Health is currently delivering the […]
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Misys Wins its Biggest Health IT Contract
UK IT firm Misys plc has signed its largest ever healthcare contract – in a deal to supply an enterprise-wide laboratory information system to Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS), the second largest public health system in the United States. With an initial value of $17.7 million, the contract will see Misys Healthcare […]
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