Episys supports Darent’s ward dispensing
Darent Valley Hospital has reduced the average time taken to dispense patient discharge medicines from four hours to 15 minutes using a new handheld mobile printing solution from Episys.
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Darent Valley first with iSoft kiosks
ISoft has won a deal to provide Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust with five self-service kiosks, which will be used to cut queues and reduce the pressure of incoming patients on reception and nursing staff. The deal is iSoft’s first sale of Savience kiosks since agreeing a partnership with the company in February. The kiosks will be […]
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Darent Valley gets iSoft A&E system
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has replaced its ten year old Ascribe A&E system with iSoft’s latest A&E system. The new software, which went live on 6 July as part of a three year contract, can be integrated with the trust’s iSoft hospital information system. This will allow all clinical staff at its main, 460-bed hospital in Dartford, […]
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CfH one of ‘big three’ users of consultants
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has identified NHS Connecting for Health as one of the big three users of management consultants in the health service. However, at a House of Commons Health Committee evidence session, he said the Department of Health was looking to “significantly reduce the amount of consultancy we use” and members should […]
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East Kent Pathology Network digitises specimen requests
The East Kent Pathology Network has implemented a new information capture system called Indicus from information capture specialists Kofax, to electronically scan pathology specimen request forms. The new system should help East Kent Pathology Network – which covers four acute trusts – to better manage and process incoming pathology specimen request forms, saving time and […]
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Fujitsu signs pathology contracts with three trusts
Three NHS trusts in the South of England have signed contracts totalling £5.5m with Fujitsu Services to provide them with Cerner’s PathNet pathology suite integrated with Cerner Millennium. The contracts will run until 2013. The three trusts are Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust, East Kent Hospitals and Medway NHS Trust, Kent. The PathNet system is […]
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