Sheffield’s BigHand for digital dictation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a digital dictation system to cover 1,000 users across five hospitals on two campuses. The implementation of the BigHand digital dictation workflow system may be one of the biggest roll outs of digital dictation technology in the NHS, and the company claims it has allowed the trust […]
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Digital dictation becomes software as a service
Digital dictation specialist WinScribe has launched software as a service option – with the first UK NHS installation now up and running. WinScribe claims its OnDemand SaaS is cost effective and overcomes some of the headaches of installing software on site. Rather than pay licence fees for individual users, which can be as high as […]
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Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.
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Telford PCT introduces digital dictation
Community doctors at Telford and Wrekin PCT have signed a deal to use digital dictation technology from TalkingPoint to record their diagnoses whilst on the move. The PCT is to offer a new mobile service to 15 of its community-based doctors within the community paediatric service. As a result of the new service staff will […]
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Morecambe sign for new Technidata LIS
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust (UHMBT) have signed a contract with Technidata to implement TD-Synergy, an integrated laboratory information system (LIS) with automated safety tracking features for blood management. The system will handle all laboratory information from the trust’s three separate laboratory sites, based in acute hospitals in Kendal, Lancaster and Barrow, […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 11.04.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 11 April 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions, events and awards. Supplier news SRC preferred supplier of East Midlands SHA SRC, specialists in healthcare digital dictation and speech recognition solutions, has been awarded preferred supplier status for the provision of digital dictation and speech recognition solutions […]
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E-Health Europe’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
In the first of a new fortnightly series, E-Health Europe rounds up the European industry news for the week ending 29 February. GEN2PHEN Project – using the Web to study genetic variations A new project funded by the European Union now aims to harness the Web to capture and unify genetic information that impacts a […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 15.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 15 February 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, awards and events. Supplier news Agfa reaches 100 million mark on NPfIT PACS Agfa Healthcare has announced that the100 millionth study using a digital picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has been captured by NHS trusts using […]
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Dudley rolls out digital dictation
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust is to deploy WinScribe digital dictation across the trust in a bid to reduce document turnaround times and improve efficiencies. Working with healthcare digital dictation and speech recognition solutions specialists SRC, over 350 users at the trust will be given the new equipment and full training before the […]
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Brighton and Sussex deploys digital dictation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has deployed new digital dictation and speech recognition software which will fully integrate with their existing patient administration system (PAS). The trust has rolled out the WinScribe digital dictation system from suppliers, SRC, across the trust, covering 25 departments and over 800 users. The aim of the system is to improve […]
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