Americans Prefer E-Prescribing
Most Americans prefer an electronic prescribing system that lets doctors send prescriptions directly to pharmacies, says a new survey. The survey found that 82 percent of Americans prefer this kind of e-prescribing because it offers a number of benefits, including less waiting time at the pharmacy, faster prescription renewals, and more time for people to […]
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Manitex and B-Plan Join Forces in Irish Health
Health IT suppliers, Manitex and B-Plan information Systems have announced a partnership for the Irish health market. Both companies have existing customers in Ireland including the Mater Hospital, the Eastern Regional Health Authority, the Royal Hospitals Trust (Belfast) and the Virus Reference Laboratory at University College, Dublin. Steve Gillman, managing director of Manitex said, “The […]
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Royal Surrey Selects Oasis for Physio
Royal Surrey Hospitals has awarded Elan Technologies a contract to develop a dedicated information module for the physiotherapy department to integrate it into the hospital electronic patient record system. The hospital has been using an EPR system supplied by Oasis since 1996. Terms of the deal for the new module were not disclosed. The physiotherapy […]
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NHS 24 Roll-Out Reaches Aberdeen
Malcolm Chisholm, Scotland’s health minister, has confirmed that the roll-out of the NHS 24 , the Scottish version of the English flagship patient helpline NHS Direct, will proceed across Scotland – despite reported teething problems with the pilot project in the North-east. Mr Chisholm made the comments at the launch of the second NHS 24 […]
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Pharmaceuticals Now Available through GHX
In addition to medical products, St Johannes-Gesellschaft Hospital in Dortmund has now started trading pharmaceuticals electronically through Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX). GHX says that it now offers an e-trading system that covers both medical devices and pharmaceuticals – the two key product groups at the centre of the healthcare supply chain. After a technical implementation […]
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MyDocOnline Adds Evidence-Based Guidelines
MyDocOnline a US e-health subsidiary of Pharma firm Aventis; is to incorporate an evidence-based care management application EBMpact, into its suite of tools for online communication between patients and their physicians. EBMpact’s guidelines are designed to minimise costly medical practice variation and increase patient compliance, to reduce unnecessary costs and maximise patient health outcomes. The […]
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Lancashire Selects Per-Se for Electronic Records
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with Per-Se Technologies Inc. to implement its Patient clinical information system. The electronic record system, which will first be implemented by the Lancashire trust, is expected to eventually form the basis for a regional integrated electronic record. The £8.3m contract represents Per-Se’s first sales of its […]
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SNOMED Adds Nursing Terms
The American College of Pathologists has signed an agreement to integrate detailed nursing interventions and outcomes classifications into the College’s SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) product. Though the announcement focuses nursing concepts developed in the US it could have significance for the NHS, which is thought to be inching towards adopting SNOMED CT as […]
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Cerner Buys German PACS Firm
Cerner Corp., the leading US health IT supplier, is to acquire Image Devices GmbH, a German developer of picture archiving and communication systems, or PACS. This transaction will promote the continued development and enhancement of Cerner’s PACS solutions and substantially increase Cerner’s presence in Europe. Image Devices is a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) […]
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ComMedica Secures Further Backing
ComMedica Limited, an innovative web-based clinical information system company spun-out from London’s Imperial College, has secured a further £2 million in funding. The money will be used to continue development of ComMedica’s Patient Record Library System, or PiRiLiS, a unique system that allows complete patient medical records, including still and moving images, to be accessed […]
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