Cancer researchers link by video
Joe Fernandez looks at how the CancerGrid project is using video conferencing technology to link researchers from Belfast to Cambridge.
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Tories back more collaborative approach on IT
Shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has said that the government needs to start taking advantage of the ‘collaborative forums that are emerging on the internet’, citing the Patient Opinion website as an example. “The Patient Opinion website, a social enterprise set up by a Sheffield GP, is already demonstrating what can be achieved,” Osborne told a […]
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Five trusts sign up for e-rostering software
Five NHS trusts and a private hospital group are set to adopt Manpower Software’s MAPS Healthroster system which is designed to ease the staffing issues at hospitals and trusts and help to control costs. Manpower says the MAPS solution has been designed for, and in partnership with, the NHS and healthcare market. It aims to deliver verified […]
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Bradford to be first ex-Accenture acute trust to go live
The first acute trust in the two NHS clusters that Computer Sciences Corporation officially took over from Accenture in January has told E-Health Insider it is confident it will go live with a new patient administration system by this April. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has told E-Health Insider that it is on track […]
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West Middlesex deploys cancer pathway CIS
In a bid to get better cancer datasets, West Middlesex University Hospital has begun implementation of a new clinical information system (CIS) called Cepia, developed by Dataline Healthcare Solutions.. Cepia is a web-enabled CIS that enables healthcare users to create, record and clearly visualise the movement of cancer patients through their clinical pathway. It has […]
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Nuffield aims for ‘paperless’ hospital finance
Nuffield hospitals, the UK independent hospitals group, has signed a contract with document management specialists Version One to implement its electronic form design, automated document delivery and electronic payment technologies across its 40 hospitals. The Version One software will replace Nuffield’s current manual processes, which involves signing and posting cheques with hard-copy remittance advices, and […]
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Academics set up wiki to monitor NHS IT
The 23 academics who wrote to Parliament outlining their concerns about the progress of the National Programme for IT have set up a wiki to track media reports and act as a resource for NHS IT. The NHS 23 wiki, available at http://editthis.info/nhs_it_info/, features links to articles tracking problems with various suppliers and coverage of […]
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Leicester hospitals trust website hits new highs
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is claiming its revamped website has become one of the most visited hospital sites in the UK. The findings come from online analytics service, Hitwise, who measure the amount of clicks for a number of NHS and private hospitals’ sites. In the second quarter of the year, UHL […]
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Come together
As mobile devices start taking on more than one function, what implications will there be for healthcare? Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting makes some suggestions.
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Academics call for NPfIT technical assessment
A group of 23 computer science academics from around the UK have written an open letter calling for an “independent technical assessment” of the National Programme for IT. They say in their letter to the House of Commons health select committee: "Concrete, objective information about NPfIT’s [National Programme for IT] progress is not available to external […]
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