EMIS enables digital TV repeat prescriptions
Patients at around 1,400 surgeries using EMIS Access software across England will soon be able to request repeat prescriptions using digital TV, following an extension of the firm’s partnership with DigiTV. The primary care IT supplier has extended its digital TV service so that as well as being able to book GP surgery appointments via […]
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Carestream mid-way through NHSScotland PACS
Carestream Health has announced it has reached the half-way point in delivering PACS to NHSScotland, and intends to complete installations by the end of the year. The project now has 21 sites connected out of the country’s 39 hospitals, with 10,000 general clinical users and 200 radiologists registered to the system. According to 1 May […]
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Balearic Islands connect to joint network
All public hospitals and around 80 connected Primary Health Centers in the Balearic Islands are now connected to a joint network, where the use of a master patient index is enabling Balearic doctors to access patient data and medical findings anytime. This includes the use of GE Healthcare Web-Viewer, which enables them to retrieve digital […]
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IT heads gather in Greifswald for ALKRZ
Increasing numbers of university hospitals in Germany are using shared IT systems for biomedical research. Greifswald university hospital, where the servers for two multicentre studies are located, is a key site. At Greifswald last week, the heads of information technology for 24 German university hospitals gathered for the ALKRZ conference, a meeting that takes place […]
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iSoft install laboratory system in Maltese hospital
iSoft has successfully installed i.Laboratory in the Mater Dei hospital, Malta, five months after signing a contract to implement the system. Mater Dei’s 150 laboratory scientists conduct 4.5m tests each year for healthcare professionals throughout Malta. The hospital used to record laboratory information manually, before the Maltese government decided to move the electronic service to […]
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EFPIA makes recommendations on EMR use
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has issued recommendations for EU policymakers on the use of shared electronic medical records in clinical research. Industry representatives argue for structures that guarantee both patient privacy and make clinical research more efficient. The recommendations were made public at the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) Annual EuroMeeting, […]
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Aintree to go-live with digital dictation
The Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected G2 Speech’s speech recognition technology for a trust-wide implementation in April. G2 Speech’s MediSpeech, powered by Philips SpeechMagic, will be installed at the trust’s two hospitals for clinicians and secretaries to use to improve turnaround times in getting diagnosis letters sent to GPs. MediSpeech identifies section […]
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Sweden chooses InterSystems for NPO
The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.
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Imperial integration
The UK’s first Academic Health Science Centre is generating a significant systems integration challenge for the merged institution’s IT professionals.
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Carestream updates Information Management Solution
A new version of Carestream Healthcare’s Information Management Solution (IMS) unveiled at the European Congress of Radiologists this month, is to be made available worldwide in the second quarter of this year. The company says that the update will offer healthcare providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other patient documents, while also facilitating the integration […]
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