Informatica helps Wales track swine flu
NHS Wales is using software developed by Informatica Systems to monitor pandemic flu on a daily basis. The Primary Care Informatics Programme’s Data Quality Service is being used to track the spread of swine flu and other potential pandemics by collating data from more than 70% of GP practices across Wales. The service incorporates a […]
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CompuGroup subsidiary wins Turkish deal
CompuGroup’s Turkish subsidiary Promed has won a €1.2m deal from insurance firm Axa to support claims handling and processing. CompuGroup say that their objective is to use intelligent software and decision support systems, improve the efficiency of the Axa’s Turkish health insurance claims operations by 15%. Promed specialises in third party administration of health insurance […]
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Stop the clot
Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment tool for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).
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Wireless healthcare depends on security
A new report has warned that the security of wireless health applications needs to be improved if they are to realise their full potential.
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CompuGroup expands in Italy
German health IT firm CompuGroup has continued its rapid growth with the purchase of Italian firm FimeSan SpA.
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MPs back technology for patient safety
MPs have criticised the Department of Health for failing to collect data on whether a decade of policies to improve patient safety are working or not. In a report concluding its inquiry into patient safety, the House of Commons Health Committee says “judging the overall effectiveness of patient safety policy is made difficult because of […]
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Plain on self-assessment Odyssey
Clinical decision support specialist Plain Healthcare is piloting a system that enables patients to self-assess their symptoms online before seeing a GP. Odyssey SelfAssess is based on the same software as the company’s Odyssey TeleAssess triaging system, which is already widely used by clinicians in out-of-hours services. The SelfAssess software is written in lay language and […]
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Extend phone outreach: expert group
NHS Direct and NHS walk-in centres could provide more telephone-based outreach services to patients with long term conditions, according to a new report. The Expert Group on Access to Primary Care, chaired by a GP and backed by decision support software suppliers Clinical Solutions, has published a series of recommendations aimed at improving access to […]
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DEBUGIT workshop on IT for patient safety
The first international workshop on IT for patient safety is to be held in conjunction with the ninth International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine ITAB 2009. The conference, to be held in Larnaca Cyprus November 5-7, 2009, will provide a compilation of the latest trends and developments in the field of IT […]
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech
General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm announced yesterday.
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