Fife Signs up for Oasis
Fife Acute Hospitals Trust has awarded a 15-year contract for electronic patient records (EPR) to Siemens Healthcare who will be provide the Oasis EPR system supplied by its British healthcare systems strategic partners Elan Technologies. Oasis will be delivered in the form of e-oasis, Elan’s browser-based EPR that has been designed to simplify the collection […]
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Consultation on Open Source Software (OSS) Strategy Nears End
The NHS information Authority has published a reminder that the consultation period for the Office of the e-Envoy’s draft Government Policy on Open Source Software (OSS) is drawing to a close. The closing date for consultation on the draft policy document, first published in December 2001, is 12 March 2002. This policy will apply to NHS […]
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Mobile Health Alliance to Launch in Europe
European healthcare providers, clinicians and technology firms involved in developing mobile healthcare applications and technologies are to be invited to join a European Mobile Health Alliance to be launched in May. The new European body is to be established as the European arm of MoHCA (Mobile Healthcare Alliance), a non-for-profit association dedicated to promoting the […]
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US Healthcare IT Market Weathers Downturn
Despite the chill wind blowing through the technology market, the US health IT market proved resilient in 2001, largely avoiding the across the board declines seen in many other technology sectors. According to new data from analysts Frost & Sullivan the US technology market generated a total of $6 billion in revenues from IT services, […]
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NHS Scotland Launches Updated IT Strategy
An updated IT strategy for the NHS in Scotland has been launched which aims to cut the 10m pieces of paperwork exchanged between GP practices and hospitals in Scotland. The new strategy will be supported by £2m in new funding for next year, on top of the £50m already committed over three years. The investment […]
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Enterprise Resource Planning Vital for NHS
The NHS must adopt modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to make better use of its capacity and resources if it is to cope with steadily rising levels of demand, leading IT vendors have warned. Hugo Schellens, general manager of Belgium bookings systems firm Ultragenda, said that the main problem facing the NHS was the […]
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Newchurch Aims to Put PCTs in Frames
Newchurch Ltd , the UK provider of IT solutions and consultancy services for the healthcare sector, has launched a web-enabled management system for primary care organisations and primary care trusts (PCTs). The new system, called Frames, is a managed intranet solution designed to equip primary care organisations and their staff with a comprehensive common information and […]
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Bromley Hospital NHS Trust Signs £1.6m Network Deal
Communications and network infrastructure provider Damovo has won a £1.6m contract to provide the communications network for the new Bromley hospital, currently being built under a £155m PFI (private finance initiative) deal. The contract, worth £1.6m, will see Damovo providing a complete data, voice and cabling infrastructure. Due to open in April 2003, the new hospital […]
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Microsoft Launches NHS Integration Vision
Microsoft has launched a blueprint which it says will enable the NHS to integrate health legacy IT systems cost-effectively and deliver joined-up healthcare. The US software-giant describes its vision as EAI (Enterprise Application Integration), an approach grounded in Microsoft’s .NET suite of products to deliver joined-up, distributed web services. The emerging .NET strategy is based […]
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Traditional and Online Treatments Trialled for Drink and Drug Problems
A new research partnership has been forged to investigate the efficiency of the Internet as a medium for treating people with alcohol and drug problems. California-based, eGetgoing, an accredited provider of online treatment for behavioural health problems, will trial its treatment and continuing care programmes with two comparable programmes run on more traditional lines by […]
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