Cancer – the big IT
The Clatterbrige Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is making a big investment in IT as it prepares to open a £118m specialist centre in Liverpool. Sam Sachdeva paid it a visit.
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Clatterbridge signs up for Meditech
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Meditech for a new electronic patient record system, as it moves towards opening a new, £118m specialist cancer hospital in 2018.
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Oncology decision support app deployed
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is deploying a decision support app called ONCOassist.
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Colchester told to invest in cancer IT
A report on cancer services at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has discovered that it purchased a specialist cancer system – and then failed to implement it.
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Pathologist creates open source software
A pathologist at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust has created open source, web-based pathology reporting software.
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Sheffield improves results turnaround
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has halved the turnaround time for test results after going live with an in-house cancer diagnostic system.
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IT refresh for Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK has refreshed its IT infrastructure through a partnership with EMC, which has seen a number of new technologies deployed.
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EHI Awards 2011: On the alert
A simple email alert system developed by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has improved care for cancer patients. Chris Thorne reports.
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Data issues hit Imperial cancer patients
“Data collection” issues at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust mean it may not have received hundreds of urgent cancer referrals over the past year.
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Clinicians should recommend cancer sites
Clinicians need to recommend websites on which patients can find accurate information about chemotherapy as patients place value on such online advice, researchers have concluded.
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