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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New media core to pandemic flu plans
A UK-wide 24-hour telephone and web-based service would be the only route for people to get anti-viral medicines in the event of a flu pandemic, according to the latest guidance. The advice from the British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners, backed by the Department of Health, warns that […]
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Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back
Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems encountered in the first seven pilot sites.
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NHS 24 takes call every two seconds
Scottish health helpline NHS 24 received one telephone call every two seconds at the height of demand for its service over Christmas. Dr George Crooks, medical director for NHS 24, said the service had been extremely busy over the holiday weekend, answering 37,590 calls over the four day Christmas period and 39,331 calls over the […]
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Blackpool upgrades infrastructure
Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with BT to upgrade its IT communications infrastructure. The upgrade at the trust’s main Victoria Hospital site will include the roll out of an Internet Protocol based telephone system and a complete computer network upgrade to support the new infrastructure. The system […]
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Pan-European 112 emergency number a reality
Citizens across all European Union countries can now access emergency services by dialling 112, the single European emergency number. The pan-European number became a reality in all EU states when Bulgaria became the last EU country to start providing the service. Now that 112 can be called from any phone in Bulgaria, it has achieved […]
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Ascribe valued at £32.9m in MBO offer
AIM-listed health software firm Ascribe has been valued at £32.9m in a proposed management buy out, details of which were published today. In August Ascribe announced that discussions on a possible management buy out had begun, with the bid led by Ascribe’s executive chairman Stephen Critchlow. Commenting on the offer Critchlow said: “Ascribe’s growth will be better […]
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Emergency and continuity planning strengthened
BT has won a contract from the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Communities and Local Government department to develop a national extranet for civil emergencies. The company will work alongside Ultra Electronics Datel to develop a National Resilience Extranet that should be live in 2009. The NRE will be a browser based system […]
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Just champion
Sue Rushbrook won the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year award for her work on a voice and data network that has now been integrated with core computer systems.
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Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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