ASCC clinical shortlist due
An announcement is due next week on what clinical systems suppliers have made it through to the shortlist of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) procurement run by NHS Connecting for Health. The DH IT agency told E-Health Insider “the shortlist is being completed and finalised now, with a formal announcement to be made […]
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Readers’ insight into e-prescribing needed…
EHI is calling for readers to provide their views on the development of acute e-prescribing to inform a round table debate.
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Bolton moves to online pharmacy system
Actor Dave Spikey helps launch Bolton’s new robotic dispensing system. The Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, has upgraded its electronic prescribing system to the Ascribe Web Pharmacy system, and invested in a new robotic dispensing system. To be delivered over three months, the system was launched by Phoenix Nights actor and Bolton […]
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The bigger picture at HIMSS
Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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Adastra offers e-prescribing to N Ireland customers
Clinicians in Northern Ireland using Adastra’s v3 case management system can now print a 2D barcode on their prescriptions – a requirement of the Northern Ireland Executive’s electronic prescribing system specification. Users of the system can print prescriptions with a 2D barcode at the top, containing structured details about the patient and the drugs prescribed – similar […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 30.11.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 30 November, featuring supplier news, events, and awards. Supplier News Three wins takes JAC to the 100 customer mark The recent contract signings of the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, has resulted in […]
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Mid Cheshire switch to Ascribe e-prescribing
Pharmacists at the Mid Cheshire NHS Hospitals Trust have started using a web-based e-pharmacy system from Ascribe to fully automate the department and integrate with existing systems. The system, called Web Pharmacy, connects information throughout the pharmacy department, between prescribing, pharmacy and administration processes, including stock management and finance. Ascribe’s executive chairman, Stephen Critchlow, told […]
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East Cheshire chooses CliniSys for chemo prescribing
East Cheshire NHS Trust has awarded a chemotherapy prescribing solution contract to CliniSys Oncology. CliniSys will deploy its ChemoCare solution in the trust later this year where it will provide an e-prescribing solution for adult, solid tumour and haematological oncology at the Macclesfield District General Hospital site. Once implemented, CliniSys says the system will help […]
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Commission tender for economic study of eHealth
A tender for a study on the economic impact of interoperable electronic health records and e-prescriptions in Europe has been released by the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Information Society. The winner of the procurement will be commissioned to do a study on economic aspects of e-health in general and more specifically in relation […]
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Liverpool Women’s get WiFi ticket to roam
Liverpool women’s has become the latest trust to become a wireless hotspot. Joe Fernandez looks at the benefits of being able to roam and treat.
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