NHS to collect data on record access
Primary care trusts have been told to collect information on how many GP practices are enabling patients to access their records online.
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Frimley improves theatre use
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been able to make more use of its theatres since going live with a specialised system from Picis.
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EHI’s industry round-up 24.01.2011
E-Health event aims to support North West businesses North West e-Health, a collaboration between The University of Manchester, Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Salford Primary Care Trust that produces innovative e-health tools for local healthcare, is running an event at University of Manchester’s Core Technology Facility on 11 February. The full day ‘Digital Health Innovation […]
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InterSystems integrates ITK in Ensemble
InterSystems has announced that its Ensemble integration engine now fully supports the NHS interoperability toolkit.
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Government invests £9m in telecare
The Department of Health, Technology Strategy Board and Economic and Social Research will provide universities and businesses across Britain with more than £9m to develop cost effective technology services for independent living.
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NPfIT failures have left NHS IT “stuck”
A new report by the NHS Confederation has criticised NHS technology for being similar to the “pre-industrial handicraft industry”.
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Ex-Toumaz boss launches Isansys
The former chief executive and co-founder of AIM-listed wireless body monitoring firm Toumaz Technologies has launched a new company focused on end-to-end patient monitoring services.
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Healey: revolution would need cash
Shadow health secretary John Healey has said it is “largely unlikely” that the aims of the ‘information revolution’ will be achieved if the coalition is not prepared to invest in its development.
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1,000 Hannan patients access records
IHE Connectathon to be held in Pisa
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise will hold its 11th annual European interoperability testing event, known as the IHE Connectathon, in Pisa, Italy.
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