Great Ideas
East Anglia trusts invest in blood tracking
Three NHS trusts in East Anglia have invested in blood tracking technology from Olympus. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals and James Paget University Hospitals NHS foundation trusts and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust will install Olympus BloodTrack Courier on all blood issue fridges. They will also deploy SafeTx PDA/scanners onto wards. […]
News
EHI’s news roundup 21.07.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week beginning 21 July 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Poole to deploy Alcatel-Lucent wireless network Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Dorset is deploying an Alcatel-Lucent Wireless Local Area Network to help improve patient care at its 789-bed hospital. The […]
News
Morecambe sign for new Technidata LIS
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust (UHMBT) have signed a contract with Technidata to implement TD-Synergy, an integrated laboratory information system (LIS) with automated safety tracking features for blood management. The system will handle all laboratory information from the trust’s three separate laboratory sites, based in acute hospitals in Kendal, Lancaster and Barrow, […]
News
Trafford gets Cameron’s vote
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust tell EHI how their BT e-Health Insider award caught David Cameron’s eye.
Feature
Study reveals savings using blood tracking
A new study at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has found that significant time and cost savings can be achieved by hospitals, by using electronic blood tracking systems such as Neoteric Technology’s BloodTrack OnDemand. The study for the American Association of Blood Banks’ Journal of Transfusion found that the time to access blood in the […]
News
Cameron says NHS IT must be local
Conservative party leader David Cameron has attacked the NHS IT programme and called for local ownership and innovation. In a keynote speech at Trafford General Hospital to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, the opposition leader called for local NHS organisations to be allowed to innovate. He singled out the IT team at Trafford […]
News
New blood tracking system used across Europe
An image-based blood tracking data capture solution is helping to save lives and reduce waste in hospitals across Europe. BloodTrack Courier, a sophisticated kiosk PC, controls and logs access to blood storage refrigerators in hospitals. The system has recently been enhanced by a 5080 image engine from Hand Held Products. BloodTrack Courier was developed by […]
News
MSoft showcases blood tracking on Second Life
One of the many landscapes residents can travel in and seek medical assistance Msoft, the electronic blood tracking specialist, has begun showcasing its technology on Second Life, the virtual online society shaped entirely by users, where they can live a parallel life. The company partnered with IBM and Linden Research to showcase its electronic blood […]
News
Finalists named for BT e-Health Insider Awards
After careful deliberation finalists for five of the categories in the prestigious BT e-Health Insider Awards were chosen last week following presentations over two days to the judges. The winners’ names remain strictly under wraps, however. The 15 finalists – three in each category – will be invited to the glittering awards ceremony in London […]
News