Mayday sees PACS benefits
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust was one of the first sites in London to get BT’s Philips PACS system in London. EHI’s Joe Fernandez visited the trust to find out the difference it’s made to patient care.
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Vital signs system monitors patients electronically
A new hand-held computer system called VitalPAC, which allows staff to input patients’ vital signs electronically from the bedside, has been deployed at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. VitalPAC is a software system designed by hospital improvement specialist The Learning Clinic in conjunction with Microsoft and the trust, which records, stores and analyses vital signs data, […]
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79 Milton Keynes staff say Millennium “not fit for purpose”
Seventy-nine clinicians and admin staff at Milton Keynes General Hospital have written an open letter to the management stating that the new Cerner Millennium system installed by Fujitsu in February is "not fit purpose". In their open letter, the staff describe the software as "awkward and clunky" and state: "In our opinion the system should […]
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PACS roll-out milestone hit in London and the South
All NHS hospital trusts across London and the South of England have now received systems to enable them to capture and store digital diagnostic images as part of the health service IT modernisation programme. NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for NHS IT, yesterday confirmed to E-Health insider that 56 digital picture archiving and […]
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Isle of Man chooses System C for major contract
System C has won a £7.5m contract to provide an integrated island-wide healthcare IT service in the Isle of Man. The contract was won against stiff competition with senior sources confirming reports that iSoft and Cerner, contractors to provide systems for the NHS in England, were in the running. Nobles Hospital in Douglas and the […]
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IT delays contribute to NHS trust deficits
Delays in implementing the National Programme for IT are listed by the influential Commons public accounts committee today as a factor leading to some NHS trusts plunging into the red. The PAC’s inquiry into financial management in the NHS found that in 2005/06 14 trusts asked the Department of Health for money to cover “costs incurred as a result […]
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NHS 24 faces legal action over patient deaths
NHS 24, the Scottish health helpline service, is being sued for £750,000 damages by the partner of a man who died of toxic shock. Kerry Robertson is claiming that the helpline’s neglect contributed to the death of 30 year-old Steven Wiseman. It is the first time that the helpline service has been sued for medical […]
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NPfIT’s Evolution maternity dropped by Royal Shrewsbury
The NHS trust that was meant to be the pilot site for the National Programme for IT version of iSoft’s Evolution Maternity Information System, has given up waiting for its delayed NPfIT system and implemented an alternative system bought off the shelf. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire has been waiting for almost two years […]
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DH acknowledge junior doctor selection ‘shortcomings’
An extremely rapid DH initial review into the heavily criticised online junior doctor recruitment system has within 24-hours admitted that there were ‘shortcomings’ that need to be addressed. Following threats of boycotting the system from consultants, the review team which was set up on Friday announced on Saturday a series of changes to the system […]
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Unified communications in healthcare
Single, converged networks supporting IP telephony, videoconferencing, video-on-demand and contact centres offer benefits for healthcare that should not be ignored, argues Cisco’s Terry Espiner.
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