Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Professionals conference
Julie Tindale, NHS CFH national clinical lead for midwifery, and Barbara Stuttle, national clinical lead for nursing, outline their roles at the event.
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Newcastle goes live with EuroKing maternity system
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a EuroKing Miracle web-based maternity information system (MIS) in the first stage of a wider implementation. The third generation E3 system has initially gone-live in the maternity unit of Royal Victoria Infirmary, and will be extended to other hospitals, community midwives and the neighboring Northumbria Healthcare […]
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Airedale hospital to pilot RFID from Siemens
Airedale NHS Trust will be piloting new Radio Frequency Identification technology from Siemens Healthcare to track 100 intravenous pumps across the trust, over 30 days. The pilot will be the first time both Siemens and Airedale have used RFID technology to track assets across various buildings on the hospital site, via the hospital’s new wireless […]
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New electronic handover device launched
A new Windows Mobile application called MedicMate, designed to provide doctors and consultants with handover electronic copies of patient notes, has been developed by CMO Global. Based on US style ‘track and bill’ systems, the software allows users to securely log onto a web application and electronically enter patient notes on PDA or smartphone devices, […]
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Inside story – ASCC
NHS chief execs may be accountable for data loss
The Information Commissioner has backed proposals by cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell to hold senior Whitehall figures and NHS chief executives personally responsible if their department or trust loses or mishandles personal information. Speaking at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London last Tuesday, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said he has seen a draft of O’Donnell’s report […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier news Sussex HIS use new e-learning for staff training Sussex Health Information Service (HIS) is using e-learning training services from ILX Group to make significant savings and enhancing training provision for its 400 staff. The […]
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NHS CfH joins open source health collaboration
Open Health Tools has announced a collaborative effort between national health agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organizations and companies from Australia, Canada, the UK and the US to develop common healthcare IT products and services. NHS IT agency NHS Connecting for Health is one of the members of the international collaboration. Other members of […]
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Swindells quits DH ahead of review publication
The Department of Health’s interim chief information officer Matthew Swindells is to leave the department to take up a position with consultancy firm Tribal. The news comes ahead of publication of the Swindells review of NHS Informatics, which was expected to contain criticism of the overall strategic management of information in the NHS. A former […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 20.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 20 March 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions and appointments. Supplier news Philips and Ascent Profit sign €25m deal for digital radiography systems in China Royal Philips Electronics and Ascent Profit, a Chinese medical equipment wholesaler, have signed a €25m contract to bring digital radiography systems […]
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