ePractice launches eHealth Procurers Forum
The European Commission’s ePractice website has launched a new eHealth Procurers Forum where practitioners involved in e-health procurement can meet and share experiences. A spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “The eHealth Procurers Forum is an open space to express opinions and exchange knowledge and where members are encouraged to provide contributions and participate in the discussions […]
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BMJ Clinical Evidence to integrate with Millennium
The BMJ Group has signed an agreement with Cerner to integrate its medical information database, Clinical Evidence, with Cerner’s Millennium software. The first component of the deal will be the introduction of order entry sets for the hospital sector. This is likely to be piloted outside the UK first, as the database is not in […]
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FDBE releases SNOMED CT-based condition check
Clinical decision support specialist, First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has released live condition checking content within its drug knowledge base, the Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF). The new content supports the SNOMED CT based condition checking functionality, released in July 2006, and means that patient data recorded using SNOMED CT codes can be used within […]
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Cerner to integrate BNF into Millennium
Cerner is to integrate the British National Formulary’s (BNF) medicines information with the Cerner Millennium software for hospital systems in the UK. Millennium is the software selected for delivery to NHS hospitals in London and the South of England under the NHS IT programme. Work is underway to deliver Cerner Millennium users with full access […]
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Turkish doctors pilot new decision support system
European and Turkish doctors and technicians have developed a medical support system, Saphire, which can track patients’ real-time vital signs, link them to patient medical history, and provide the latest clinical guidelines for patient care. The Intelligent Clinical Decision Support System (ICDSS) can also alert doctors when necessary and offers a range of services that […]
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Philips buys patient monitoring specialist Visicu
Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to acquire US-based clinical IT firm Visicu for around €290m, to expand its patient monitoring business.
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SpeechMagic to integrate with RadConsult
Philips’ speech recognition platform, SpeechMagic, is to be integrated with Elsevier’s new RadConsult radiology diagnostic reference system, Royal Philips Electronics and Elsevier announced yesterday. The integration will allow customers, and the partners of both parties, to use industrial grade speech recognition, with access to radiological information, to assist them in increasing productivity and reducing medical […]
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NHS 24 signs new deal with Clinical Solutions
NHS 24 has extended its contract with Clinical Solutions for its telephony-based out-of-hours decision support system for the next three years. The extended contract involves an upgrade of the solution to encompass additional functionality from the system which was originally deployed in 2002 when the Scottish service was launched. The decision to extend the contract […]
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ScriptSwitch adds dressings and appliances
ScriptSwitch has added prescribing advice for GPs and nurses on issuing dressings and appliances to its prescribing decision-support software. The company says that dressing and appliances form a huge area for potential savings with 22m items issued last year, accounting for a net ingredient cost of £480m. The ability to make prescribing switches on dressings […]
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Telephone depression treatment helps employees
Telephone cognitive behavioural therapy for depressed employees could have beneficial effects on not only clinical outcomes, but also workplace outcomes, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Philip Wang of the Division of Services and Intervention Research at the National Institute of Mental Health, along with seven other researchers, held a randomised […]
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