NHS Scotland ready for national PACS roll out
The Scottish Executive has announced that national deployment of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) across Scotland will begin this month after successful pilots in hospitals across Glasgow and Dumfries and Galloway. Over the next two years every hospital in Scotland will receive a new system from Carestream Health [formerly Kodak Health], which will […]
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Data Management: migration
For the IT manager in charge of getting data out of a legacy system and into a new PAS, the challenge can be daunting.
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Stoke Mandeville taps into spinal software
Staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be able to keep track of all records electronically, after the trust signed with IMS Maxims to implement its specialist Spinal Cord Injuries software. The software has been developed with the South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, where it has been live for over […]
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PACS – worth the hype?
‘Your doctor will never look at you in the same way again’ – Joe Fernandez asks one radiologist at St Peter’s Hospital Chertsey what his experiences are digital x-rays have been.
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Six London trusts get RiO for mental health
Six mental health trusts in London are now using new IT systems, delivered under the NHS IT programme, to help deliver better care to patients. The six trusts, which account for 60% of the mental health trusts in the capital, are now using these new computerised patient record systems, as part of a London-wide NHS […]
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Patient confidentiality extends beyond death
The Information Tribunal has ruled that medical records of a dead woman should not be released, because there is still a duty of confidentiality in its contents following death. In his ruling, Chris Ryan, the Information Tribunal deputy chairman, said the duty of confidentiality between patient and doctor should be maintained, even after death. The […]
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60 Second Interview: Colin Price
Joe Fernandez quizzes Dr Colin Price, formerly of the NHS Centre for Coding & Classification and now an independent consultant and researcher in health informatics.
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Website enables NHS trauma care comparisons
Hospitals can compare their performances in trauma care against other trusts on a new website developed by the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN). TARN was founded by the University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, and helps hospitals to collect and evaluate data on their trauma care (treatment of serious injuries such […]
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Robotic future of patient care
As technology advances, robotics is the new revolutionary in healthcare. Kevin Fickenscher, MD and chief medical officer at Perot Systems takes a look into the future
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60 second interview: Jonathan Kay
In our latest 60 second interview Jonathan Kay, Prof. of Health Informatics at City University, answers EHI’s questions.
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