SNOMED CT-based sensitivity now on Multilex DDF
Clinical decision support specialist, First DataBank Europe (FDBE), has announced the release of SNOMED CT-based sensitivity checking within its drug knowledge base, the Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF). The release follows on from a development last year when FDBE released functionality to support SNOMED CT and dm+d based sensitivity checking to comply with NHS […]
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Philips acquire Health Watch medical alert service
Health Watch Holdings, a US-based national provider of personal response systems, has been acquired by Philips in a $130m (£65m) deal and will be merged with the company’s Lifeline medical alert service. Health Watch offer a variety of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and have been partnering with hospitals, home care agencies and municipalities across […]
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EMIS launches Medication Monitoring software
EMIS have developed a new software system which will help to monitor patients who have been prescribed medication with potentially serious side effects. The new software, Medication Monitoring, has been installed into all EMIS PCS or LV GP systems and will alert doctors if a patient is overdue for a blood test to check for […]
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Vital signs system monitors patients electronically
A new hand-held computer system called VitalPAC, which allows staff to input patients’ vital signs electronically from the bedside, has been deployed at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. VitalPAC is a software system designed by hospital improvement specialist The Learning Clinic in conjunction with Microsoft and the trust, which records, stores and analyses vital signs data, […]
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Dudley nurses use workflow software to cut paperwork
Nurses at the Dudley Hospitals in the West Midlands are using Siemens’ embedded workflow engine, Soarian, to sort their nursing documentation and their work lists electronically. Speaking at the Healthcare Computing conference, Sarah Gibson-Jones, the EPR clinical project lead at the Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, said that the trust felt a need to […]
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FDBE signs up with Map of Medicine and Soarian
Clinical decision support specialist, First DataBank Europe has secured contracts to add its systems to the Map of Medicine and Siemens’ Soarian electronic patient record system. Siemens and FDBE have already worked together in America, and will now collaborate to integrate the decision support system into the UK version of Soarian. Siemens’ IT solutions business […]
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Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda
Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in the recovering US city of New Orleans, Neil Versel writes. An Accenture study released at the start of last week’s meeting suggested that two-thirds of Americans consider electronic health […]
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Telecare can grow to meet demands of 2020
Telecare has the capacity to become a key tool in helping cope with future demands of the fast ageing population, once it gets past current restrictions. Over the next 50 years, the population of over 65s will rise from 9.3m to 16.8m, with an estimated 90% of people wanting to live in their own home with any support they need […]
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Reports highlight telecare’s popularity
Research studies on the two biggest telecare projects in the UK have highlighted the popularity of the technology among users. One of the reports, Piloting Telecare in Kent County Council: The Key Lessons, focuses on use of telecare in Kent where 550 people are currently piloting a range of telecare interventions. The other study, Smart […]
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NHS Fife uses new PAS interface to tackle ward infections
A new interface has been implemented into NHS Fife’s existing Oasis Patient Administration System (PAS) that will warn both hospital and community staff of any potential ‘hospital-acquired infections.’ NHS Fife Operating Division introduced the new system to streamline and improve its surveillance and case management of hospital-acquired infections. The new interface to the hospital’s existing […]
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