UCLH makes switch to Carecast
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the country to go live with the new electronic patient administration system (PAS) that will become the standard for all hospitals in London. The move puts the trust at the leading edge of NHS IT, making it the first big acute hospital trust to […]
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National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland
iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) went live in Aberdeen Children’s Hospital in May and in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in January and May respectively. iSOFT is rolling out the rest of the system to NHS Grampian, and plans to have […]
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System C goes for market listing
IT implementation solutions specialist, System C, which has been heavily involved in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), plans to float on the Alternative Investments Market (AIM) on 28 June. The company has seen a steep rise in turnover from £5.6m in 2003-4 to an estimated £18m in 2004-5 as its staff have worked to kit out […]
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Granger warns of Choose and Book brief ‘snowballing’
Constant changes in the requirements for Choose and Book by the Department of Health and lack of clarity on the boundaries of patient choice have created delays in implementation and are increasing the risk of a "sub-optimal" electronic booking system being delivered. This was the tough message delivered to NHS senior managers at the NHS […]
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Barts and The London chooses Ensemble for integration
Barts and The London NHS Trust has selected InterSystems’ Ensemble universal integration platform to integrate systems at its three hospitals in East London and the City. Ensemble will be used on a range of projects at the three prestigious London hospitals – The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and The London Chest Hospital – […]
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Concerns over incomplete patient record transfers
GPs are to be reminded to send all important information when patients move practice after concern that some records are arriving incomplete. The joint RCGP and GPC IT committee is to issue a reminder to GPs via local medical committees after hearing that some practices are sending patient records without important attachments such as scanned […]
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Bed management software may reduce cancelled ops
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a bed management system in order to reach their target of reducing cancelled operations by 5%. The ExtraMed Beds system is web-based, and the information can be accessed anywhere from the hospital. The trust is hoping that the ability to plan ahead for patients who need to be […]
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Cerner wins key Middle East contract
Cerner has won a key Middle East contract after being selected as health IT provider for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. After a competitive procurement the General Authority for Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi selected Cerner as its health information technology provider, to deliver the objective of […]
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iSOFT publishes strong growth figures
iSOFT the supplier of clinical software in three of the five regions of the NHS IT modernisation programme has published its preliminary results, showing that in 2005 the firm made profits before tax of £44.5 on a turnover of £262 million – almost 75% more than its 2004 turnover. The figures represent the first year of […]
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Scottish GPs say GPASS Clinical rollout too slow
The user group of the Scottish GP system GPASS is urging the Scottish Executive to speed up the rollout of the new version of GPASS which it says is desperately needed by GPs. Dr Andrew McElhinney, chairman of the GPASS User Group, has told the Scottish Executive that GPs need GPASS Clinical now and that […]
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