Consultation begins on national GP data extraction
The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record and analyse local GP activities to improve patient care and target NHS resources more effectively. GP extraction service (GPES) will be a centrally-managed primary care data extraction and analysis tool which will obtain information from […]
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Welsh hospitals deploy Cisco wireless
Clinicians at the Princess of Wales Hospital and Neath Port Talbot Hospital, part of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg (ABM) University NHS Trust in South Wales, are now able to access information about their patients’ bedsides using a new Cisco wireless Local Area Network (LAN). Using the wireless LAN, clinicians can now access information about their […]
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Norfolk and Norwich cuts sign-on in A+E
Norfolk and Norwich University Healthcare NHS Trust has implemented a new single sign-on framework, which will enable clinical users to log onto all software applications using one password. The trust will implement single sign-on software from Imprivata, to be installed by Enline, across its busy A&E department in an effort to reduce time spent on […]
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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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Nottingham to implement Cisco medical network
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million pound agreement to deploy a Cisco Medical-Grade Network to help it reduce costs, improve access to healthcare information, and provide patients with services faster and more efficiently. According to Cisco, once completed it will be one of the UK’s most advanced end-to-end Cisco Medical-Grade Networks supporting […]
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Peterborough choose McKesson for HR and Payroll
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected McKesson Shared Services to support its HR and Payroll functions. Using McKesson Shared Services will mean they have first-line support for all administration tasks associated with the day-to-day functions of HR and Payroll using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), which McKesson provides under a national […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 20.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 20 March 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions and appointments. Supplier news Philips and Ascent Profit sign €25m deal for digital radiography systems in China Royal Philips Electronics and Ascent Profit, a Chinese medical equipment wholesaler, have signed a €25m contract to bring digital radiography systems […]
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Scotland to pilot new sexual health system
A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in NHS Lanarkshire, with NHS Ayrshire and Arran to follow. The system, based on AxSys Technology’s Excelicare product, will provide a common IT platform supporting specialist sexual health services for 12 NHS Boards across Scotland. A […]
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NPfIT spent half total planned in first three years
The £12bn NHS IT programme had spent barely half the amount it had planned to by March 2007, due to lengthy delays in the delivery of the detailed local electronic patient records at the centre of the project. By March 2007 the programme had spent a total of £2.4bn, against an original forecast spend of […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 14.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 14 March 2008 featuring supplier news and product launches. Supplier news Ascribe post interim financial results Ascribe’s chairman Stephen Critchlow, has unveiled a fall in pre-tax profits from £1.66m to just £812,000 during the six months to December 31 2007. Turnover fell from £7.5m to £7.1m. […]
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