Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT
New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP) concludes that the NHS stands at a crossroads in the development of primary and community care information systems The guidance, read alongside a newly published review of the primary care clinical systems market carried out […]
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Report Says NHS Likely to Miss EPR Targets
A key report published one year on from the NHS IT strategy update ‘Building the Information Core’ warns that almost all NHS health communities have serious doubts whether they can meet the targets on delivering Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and says many other targets now seem ambitious. In its first annual report on the service’s […]
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Seminars to Drive Message on Information Security
The NHS Information Authority has embarked on a mission to explain the international standard on information security management, ISO 17799, and win support for its implementation as a key part of information governance. Seminars will be held around the country until March for chief executives and other senior managers to introduce the standard which addresses […]
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Videophones to Link Deaf, Interpreters and Health Professionals
A new remote sign language interpretation service which uses a network of videophones to provide interpretation services in consultations between health professionals and deaf people, has been launched by the Leicester Centre for Deaf People. The telecare initiative, backed by Leicestershire Health Authority, is the first such videophone sign translation service to be provided by […]
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2002 to be Year E-Health Grows Up
As the dust of the dotcom crash clears, 2002 will be the year that the e-health gets down to business and begins to deliver with health providers and pharmaceutical firms realising the value of networked communications. In its Top 10 Healthcare Predictions for 2002, Forrester Research, offers its reading of the tea leaves for what […]
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Primal Pictures Scoops EuroPrix
Primal Pictures, the company that supplies online anatomy graphics for the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), has scooped a top European prize for learning and e-education. The EuroPrix is recognised as the leading prize in multimedia arts in Europe. Primal Pictures 3D anatomy images were chosen from 500 entrants from all sectors. Chief executive, […]
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BUPA Chooses Pegasystems for Customer Management
BUPA, the leading European private healthcare firm, has selected Pegasystems to supply an automated customer management system to help it respond more efficiently to customers. The new system is intended to help BUPA better manage complaints and support help manage customer loyalty. Pegasystems’ rules-driven customer service and process automation software is intended to help BUPA […]
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EMIS Launches Electronic Mentor Library
Leading UK primary care systems supplier EMIS has announced the launch of an updated version of its Mentor Library, which will be distributed free as a value- added service to the firms’ 5,000 primary care clients later this month. The Mentor Library can be accessed directly vie the EMIS clinical software, to support decision-making and […]
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InferMed Partners with BMJ’s Clinical Evidence
The BMJ Publishing Group has teamed up with InferMed, a leading UK provider of clinical software, to assess the feasibility of developing a system that electronically mimics the process that doctors naturally use to make clinical decisions. The two organisations say their shared objective is to develop an electronic clinical decision ‘support system’ to help […]
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WebMD Acquires Medscape Portals
WebMD Corporation, one of the first US e-health firms to rise to prominence during the dotcom boom, has acquired the portal assets of rival MedicaLogic/Medscape, Inc., in a $10 million cash deal to expand services to physicians and other medical professionals. The deal covers the Medscape Medical Professional and Medscape Health for Consumers portals. Medscape’s […]
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