PACS judicial review refused
A legal challenge that had the potential to further delay the signing of PACS contracts in the North East and Eastern clusters has been turned down by the High Court. Fuji Photo Film (UK) Limited had applied for a judicial review of the procurement of PACS systems under the National Programme for IT. An NPfIT […]
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Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. One of the main objectives of the […]
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Shortlist announced for E-Health Innovation Awards
After an intense round of presentations and judging, the shortlist for the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 has been agreed. Winners have been chosen among the finalists listed below, but their names will not be revealed until the Awards ceremony and dinner on 21 April 2005. Compered by GP, writer and broadcaster, Dr Phil Hammond, the […]
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EMIS looks set to sign for North West
E-Health Insider has learned that EMIS appears set to sign an agreement to become the alternative GP systems provider for the North West and West Midlands cluster of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The deal between EMIS with the local service provider (LSP) CSC Alliance (CSCA) is understood to be on the point of […]
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North-west GPs to view test results over NHSnet
GPs in the Liverpool area will be able to see the pathology and radiology results of their patients over NHSnet, thanks to the implementation of browser-based access to test results. The Review software, provided by Indigo 4, was installed across Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust, making the total number of trusts in the north-west running the […]
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Europe making progress to eHospitals
A major new survey of IT use in almost 900 European hospitals, including 73 in the UK, has found that their number one priority for IT investment is in document management systems, to help manage paper medical records and as a step towards integrated electronic medical records. The research, which was carried out by Silicon […]
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Northumbria switches to speech recognition
A trust-wide implementation of advanced digital dictation and speech recognition software is planned for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust. The aim will be to reduce turnaround time and transcription blockages in the trust’s one million items of patient correspondence every year. Piloting of the new system, G2 Speech’s SpeechReport with Philips’ SpeechMagic, will start in May and the […]
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NPfIT clinical leads to attend HC2005
The British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum (BCSHIF) have announced two new sessions at next week’s Healthcare Computing 2005 (HC2005) conference in Harrogate where delegates will have the opportunity to meet that National Programme for IT’s clinical leads. The two sessions will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The leads will also be joining the […]
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Call to make drug sales info available online
If pharmaceutical sales representatives provided unbiased information about the drugs they are selling online, known as e-detailing, doctors would spend more time looking at the information than they would in a face-to-face consultation, according to a survey by doctors.net.uk. The poll revealed that doctors only spend an average of two minutes per sales call per […]
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Cabinet Office denies Watmore to take helm at NPfIT
The Cabinet Office and National Programme for IT have moved swiftly today to deny suggestions that Ian Watmore, the Government’s first Chief Information Officer, is poised to take the helm at the NHS IT modernisation project. The prediction that Watmore was about to take a greater hand in steering the NPfIT was made in this […]
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