Reports interrogated at ECR 2013
Novel IT tools can make a positive contribution to efficiency in the radiology department – but good human communication is needed too, a session at ECR 2013 in Vienna heard.
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Carestream Health up for sale
Carestream Health has put itself up for sale and could fetch as much as $3.5 billion, according to the news agency Reuters.
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Cerner and TPP show NHS Blue Button
The NHS looks set to copy the hugely successful US Blue Button initiative, which enables patients to very easily download their electronic records by pressing an eponymous online blue button.
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King’s rolls out Wardware
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled-out an open source nursing observations system, Wardware, to 12 wards.
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Funding approved for South community
The release of central funding for nine southern community providers to purchase SystmOne Community is imminent.
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Interoperability tops bill in Big Easy
Interoperability proved the favorite topic for the US health IT industry gathered in New Orleans this week for the annual HIMSS industry show.
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30 apps to collect CQUIN data
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust will use 30 apps to collect patient data on the move for the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation framework.
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User group to shape Medway
A Medway user group will have its first meeting in April, and provide a forum for customers to discuss the development of the System C, a McKesson company product.
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Salford buys second mobile x-ray unit
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has ordered a second Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray unit.
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GPSoC to mandate online patient access
The IT necessary to provide patients with online access to their GP records needs to be mandated via the GP Systems of Choice contract, a new report states.
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