Leicester upgrades Euroking maternity system
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has agreed a deal to upgrade its current EuroKing maternity information system to the new E3 version of the software. The trust, which is said to have the busiest maternity department in Europe, will upgrade its maternity system ahead of becoming one of the first trusts to take […]
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Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT
The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for the National Programme for IT. Bradshaw replaces Lord Hunt, as minister of state for health services. Lord Hunt replaced Lord Warner as the minister responsible for NHS IT and Connecting For Health in January after returning […]
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Granger says he is ‘ashamed’ of some systems provided
The departing head of the NHS IT programme Richard Granger has said he is ashamed of the quality of some of the systems put into the NHS by Connecting for Health suppliers, singling Cerner out for criticism. Going further than he before in acknowledging the extent of failings of systems provided to some parts of […]
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Training Day DNAs
While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA – ‘did not attend’ – rates for patients attending hospital and GP appointments, a hidden DNA rate remains worryingly high among the staff themselves, Niall Shanahan explains.
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Millennium problems at Taunton condemned by consultant
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust have delayed deploying Cerner Millennium software due to ‘severe security problems’, the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting heard. The software had been due to go live the weekend beginning 29 June. Calling for a public inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), David Wrede, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, told the […]
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Talking web pages introduced on NHS Direct
NHS Direct has agreed a deal with Brousealoud.com, specialists in reading web pages aloud for people who find it difficult to read online, to make its website available in audio form. Users of the NHS Direct website can now download software from Browsealoud to have sections of the website read to them. A NHS Direct spokesperson […]
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Choose and Book gets upgraded
Atos Origin has announced that it has implemented the latest in a series of upgrades to the national NHS electronic booking systems known as Choose and Book system, being provided under the Connecting for Health programme. The upgrade announcement came in the same week that CfH said that over 3m appointments have been made through […]
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Consumer is king in wireless health
More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.
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EuroKing delivers ViewPoint to three NHS trusts
EuroKing Miracle has announced that it has successfully installed the latest version of GE’s ViewPoint gynaecological and pre-natal diagnosis systems into three NHS hospital trusts in the last month. Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Jubilee Maternity Service in Belfast have integrated the system into their obstetric and […]
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BT to create London PACS archive by September
Having deployed Picture Archiving and Communications Systems to all 23 trusts in London by the end of last month, BT is now beginning work on a medical imaging archive which will be able to store and access images from across the cluster into one central image repository. The local service provider to the London cluster has […]
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