Bolton meet integration needs with InterSystems
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration platform in an effort to connect all its hospital systems to its iSoft iPM patient administration system. The trust went to tender for technology to meet its local integration needs and address the integration requirements associated with its National Programmed for IT systems. Bolton chose […]
News
EHI’s industry news roundup 15.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 15 February 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, awards and events. Supplier news Agfa reaches 100 million mark on NPfIT PACS Agfa Healthcare has announced that the100 millionth study using a digital picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has been captured by NHS trusts using […]
News
Praise for departed head of CfH
With the news of Richard Granger’s departure as head of Connecting for Health, a number of the key individuals he has worked with offered their praise. The DH made clear that it will not replace him directly but with a DH CIO and CfH director of programme and systems delivery: “Matthew Swindells will act as […]
News
EHI’s industry news roundup 11.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 11 January 2008. North Yorkshire PCT use digital pen and paper for SAP Anoto partner Ubisys is to roll out digital pen and paper technology to 150 North Yorkshire Adult and Community services staff at North Yorkshire and York PCT to improve their procedures for […]
News
NHS Fife use Siemens to integrate systems
NHS Fife is extending the scope of its Oasis patient administration system to include community and mental health services.
News
BT pilots N3 VoIP service in London
NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a major city-wide pilot. The N3 LGS provides an interface between a local telephone switch and the N3 Voice Core Services Central platform. It enables cost free telephone calls to be placed over the N3 network […]
News
Overseas data work under review, say reports
The government is reportedly reviewing whether sensitive information about NHS patients could be sent overseas for processing. A leaked internal NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) document, published by Computer Weekly magazine, reveals a review is under way into whether patient data could be processed by “approved organisations” abroad. The DH said in a statement on […]
News
Summary Care Record launched in Bolton
The first 48,500 summaries of patient records have been uploaded to the NHS Spine and out-of-hours staff in the Bolton pilot area will start using them over the next few weeks.
News
CfH spent £3.4m on PR in two years
Connecting for Health has spent almost £3.4m on PR and Communications since 1 April 2005, health minister Ben Bradshaw has revealed. Shadow health secretary, Stephen O’Brien challenged the minister to reveal the figures last week, asking how much CfH have paid for the services of Good Relations to handle their communications and which other communications […]
News
Data Management: migration
For the IT manager in charge of getting data out of a legacy system and into a new PAS, the challenge can be daunting.
Feature