Technology ‘should be used in long term conditions’
Technology should be used in several ways to help people who have long-term conditions care for themselves, although caution must be exercised as not everybody has access to it, new guidance from the Department of Health says. The guidance, ‘Supporting people with long-term conditions to self-care’, sets out examples of what central government, professionals and PCTs and […]
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Agfa launches mobile version of Impax 6.0 PACS
Agfa has launched an “ultra thin” mobile version of its Impax 6.0 picture archiving and communications system (PACS) which is due to be deployed in NHS trusts in North-east and Eastern England. The mobile solution which promises secure “anywhere access” to patient data and images was unveiled at the Health Information Management Systems Society convention […]
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Cornwall NHS staff get VoIP phone badges
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has issued its staff with voice-activated handsfree ‘badges’, worn around the neck on a lanyard, which can put any user in touch with another member of staff just by saying their name or department into a microphone. The Vocera system (below), which was installed and is managed by BT, runs […]
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Doctors ethics committee undecided on NCRS consent
The British Medical Association’s ethics committee has decided not to back any consent model for the NHS Care Records Service at the moment although the majority of its members support an opt-in system. The committee, which met last week, looked at various models for how consent for access to the summary care record on the […]
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Primary care 80% automated in Europe
Primary care in Europe is about 80% automated and providing good examples of what can be done and what works, a major US conference heard last week. The deputy head of e-health at the European Commission’s information society and media directorate, Ilias Iakovidis, delivered a firm reminder to a largely US audience that good examples […]
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ComMedica closes diagnostic imaging business
ComMedica Limited, the UK-based developer of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) has announced that it is closing its diagnostic imaging software business. The company has announced a "significant restructuring", including the closure of its diagnostic imaging software business, resulting in over 100 redundancies at its Woking office and elsewhere. ComMedica said the move followed […]
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St Mary’s goes live with JAC pharmacy management
St Mary’s NHS Trust has become the second trust in London to go live with a new pharmacy management system from JAC Computer Services Ltd, supplied by BT Capital Care Alliance. The new pharmacy system has been supplied to the trust as an additional service by BT CCA, the local service provider for the NHS […]
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Liverpool trust opts for 10Gbps network for PACS
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has installed a new WAN that the trust hopes will allow the high-speed transfer of PACS images between the two sites both now and in the future. Bandwidth of 10 Gbps has been placed between the sites for the specific purpose of transferring PACS images. A […]
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Choice proves tough for some practices in Cambridge
Two primary care trusts have told practices in need of hardware upgrades to their IT systems that they will need to move to the local service provider’s GP solution or live with “suboptimal performance” from existing GP systems. Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire PCTs wrote to practices last week stating that the only option the […]
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Junior doctor placement website crashing, BMA warns
The BMA have expressed concern that medical students applying online for their first jobs as junior doctors have been unable to find out where they are placed because the results website was too busy. The Multi-Deanery Appointment Process (MDAP) at www.newdoctor.org was recently set up to match students with junior doctor posts across the UK through […]
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