Six hospital connect on oncology with Varian
Six hospitals in the north of England have begun implementing medical oncology software from Varian Medical to help them function as one clinical network. The oncology network includes hospitals in Lancashire and Cumbria, which are rolling out Aria Medical Oncology software to fully integrate the prescribing, preparation, dispensing and administration of drugs for treating cancer. […]
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Rhapsody installed by three NHS trusts
Orion Health Limited, a specialist in integration and workflow technology in healthcare, has said that its Rhapsody integration engine has been adopted by three NHS trusts over the past three months. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt (RJAH) Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust have both installed Rhapsody to […]
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Cardiac telemedicine could save NHS £46m says report
A pilot of cardiac telemedicine services in Cumbria and Lancashire has concluded that if introduced nationally the technology could save 100s of lives, lead to 45,000 fewer hospital admissions and save the NHS around £46m. In a pilot lasting 18 months, NHS North West, in collaboration with the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Cardiac Network […]
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Southern SHAs to pilot greater local ownership of NPfIT
The three strategic health authorities in the south of England are piloting a new model of governance for the National Programme for IT that will shift responsibilities from NHS Connecting for Health at the centre to the local NHS. The move is partly as a result of recommendations from the National Audit Office earlier this […]
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Web-based pharmacy first at Tameside
Tameside General Hospital in Lancashire has become the first to implement a new web-based pharmacy solution from Ascribe. The new solution enables users to raise requests for prescriptions to the hospital pharmacy through authorised web-access points. Ascribe says the main benefits are considerable time-savings and further reductions in errors, also that solution also marks a major […]
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Deaf signing shows videoconferencing’s potential
A service that offers deaf patients and their clinicians quick access to a sign language interpreter via a video link shows one of many ways IP [Internet Protocol] networks are changing the way healthcare can be delivered, networking specialists, Cisco Systems, say. Cisco has provided networks for Significan’t , an award-winning social enterprise which has become a source […]
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East Lancs NHS trust tells Granger of costs of delays
The director of finance at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has written to the head of the NHS Connecting for Health to set out his trust’s concerns about the cost of repeated delays in the delivery of a new patient administration system by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The finance director points out local trusts have […]
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Course offers fast track to health fundamentals
A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the University of Central Lancashire for IM&T workers taking jobs in the sector. The university hopes to run the five day Fast-Track Fundamentals programme in the autumn when the first cohort of participants has been recruited. […]
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Cerner in line for south contract
In the south of England plans have been drawn up since at least March on the basis that there would be a major change occurring in the supplier line-up for NHS National Programme for IT. These rumours were confirmed today when IDX issued a release to the US market announcing that it had reached an […]
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NWWM faces £75m potential liabilities on SAS scheme
The NHS faces total potential liabilities of up to £75m in the North West and West Midlands (NWWM) cluster of the NHS if it fails to second key IT staff to the prime IT contractor for the region, CSC Alliance. Evidence suggests that some trusts are struggling to find secondees and may have to consider […]
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