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Interactive patient kiosks offer real-time feedback

A new study has concluded that interactive patient information kiosks can provide healthcare professionals with reliable and timely feedback on
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Divided opinions on clinical coding switch

Health information managers fear they may not have the resources to implement the new OPCS4.3 clinical coding system due to
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Rant or rate?

A NHS-backed social software project is helping patients give feedback online directly to healthcare organisations, finds Fiona Barr.
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‘Upcoding’ a hazard as PbR pressure grows

Clinical coders are coming under pressure to ‘upcode’ to maximise income under Payment by Results, a conference heard last week.
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BUPA Hospitals select Kodak for RIS/PACS

BUPA Hospitals has signed an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to provide the private hospital chain with an
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First for Carecast

UCLH is the first in the capital to have IDX's CareCast up and running. E-Health Insider finds out how the
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Work underway to fix records problem in iPM

A problem has been identified in iSoft’s iPM patient administration software, which, under certain circumstances, can lead to patients’ electronic
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London child health system led to vaccination problems

Problems with the introduction of a new child health information system, provided under NHS Connecting for Health to ten PCTs
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Euroking delivers maternity across Pennine hospitals

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has extended use of its EuroKing Miracle maternity software to support all four of
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Agfa launches mobile version of Impax 6.0 PACS

Agfa has launched an “ultra thin” mobile version of its Impax 6.0 picture archiving and communications system (PACS) which is
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