CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging
Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single largest cause of blindness in the UK and is a problem in all countries where ageing populations and increasing obesity rates are leading to greater numbers of people living with diabetes. Digital retinopathy cameras provide […]
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Newcastle opts for ChemoCare
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide the foundations, if required, for deployment across the entire Northern Cancer Network. CliniSys Solutions has won the contract with its ChemoCare chemotherapy prescribing solution – a multi pharmacy application for adults, haematology and paediatrics. Dr […]
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South London and Maudsley goes live with JAC
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has gone live across the trust with a new pharmacy management system from JAC Computer Services, delivered as part of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology. The JAC system was supplied to the trust by BT, the London local service provider under the NHS IT modernisation programme. JAC […]
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ClinPhone voted best outsourcing deal
Software that enables patients taking part in clinical trials to report data over the phone has won a major industry award. ClinPhone won the Best e-Business/IT Solution category in the 2005 European Outsourcing Awards for its electronic Patient Reported Outcomes solution (ePRO). The software collects data from patients over the phone, offering an alternative to […]
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Singapore’s National Healthcare Group buys Soarian
Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a major deal with Singapore’s National Healthcare Group (NHG) for an enterprise-wide implementation of its next generation Soarian electronic patient record (EPR) solution. NHG, one of Sinapore’s two public healthcare provider networks, will implement the full Soarian Electronic Patient Record system over the next two years, including the Computerised Clinician […]
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Devon chooses Consensus for learning management
A learning management system supplied by CS Group has been chosen by five NHS trusts in the South Devon NHS Community to support their learning and development programmes. CS Group will supply the five trusts with its Consensus Learning Management System (LMS), which will initially be used to support the local training and administration requirements of the […]
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Choose and Book work agreed with McKesson
Health IT specialist, McKesson has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health for upgrade work to enable trusts using the firm’s TotalCARE patient administration system to implement Choose and Book. The system is used by 22 acute hospital trusts five of which have already been converted and are using TotalCARE to accept bookings. These include […]
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Software piloted for better cancer data collection
Pilot IT systems have been implemented in two local cancer registries with the intention of improving the quality of the data they report back to the Department of Health. Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer Registry and Thames Cancer Registry have piloted data capture software that can meaningfully collate data in HL7, XML or CSV formats. The software will make […]
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Addenbrooke’s installs SMS patient reminder system
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, has implemented an SMS reminder system for patient appointments after a series of pilots of different software. Three solutions were tested in the hospital by staff, and the software chosen by the staff was manufactured by Advanced Messaging. The text-based reminders are currently being sent out to people attending dermatology appointments. Plans […]
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CliniSys acquires Torex Lab Systems
Diagnostic and specialist clinical software solutions provider, CliniSys, today announced that it has acquired Torex Laboratory Systems (TLS) the company that owns and supports the LabCentre laboratory information management system. CliniSys said TLS was bought from iSOFT which acquired it as part of its merger with Torex’s healthcare business. Part of an Office of Fair […]
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