Rotherham plans EPR turn-around
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust aims to have resolved the majority of issues with its Meditech v6.0 electronic patient record implementation by next month.
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‘Big bang’ go-live for Sunderland
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust deployed Meditech version 6.0 in a “big-bang go-live” last weekend.
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Rotherham chooses BridgeHead
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to BridgeHead Software to provide data and storage management as part of its wider project to implement an electronic patient record system. The trust, which recently announced that it will push back the go-live of its Meditech EPR from November 2010 to July 2011, signed a […]
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The Rotherham EPR to use FDB database
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust will integrate First DataBank’s drug database into its Meditech electronic patient record, which is due to go live in November. The trust has announced it will integrate First DataBank’s Multilex Drug Data File to support eprescribing within its Meditech V6.0 EPR, supplied by Filetek UK. The move will enable it […]
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Dell to buy Perot Systems
Dell has launched an agreed offer to buy computer services firm Perot Systems Corp in a cash deal valued at £2.7 billion.
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Perot to help implement Meditech at Rotherham
US health software firm Meditech has announced that Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has selected its 6.0 Health Care Information System (HCIS) as its primary software provider. Perot Systems will provide consultancy services in implementing the software at the Foundation Trust. E-Health Insider first reported in March that Rotherham had selected Meditech to provide it with […]
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Rotherham picks Meditech for EPR
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to US clinical software supplier Meditech to provide it with a new electronic patient record system.
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Bridge Forward, IMS Maxims and FileTek
Health integration technology specialist Bridge Forward has announced partnerships with clinical system suppliers IMS Maxims and FileTek UK, distributor of the Meditech system. The two deals build on the approximately 2,000 installed health sites in the UK using Bridge Forward technology. These include 200 hospitals, more than 1,000 GPs in Scotland and large numbers of […]
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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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City Hospitals Sunderland rolls out e-prescribing
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out electronic prescribing throughout inpatient areas of the trust. The project required the specification and development of a new module by US vendor, Meditech, which has been extensively anglicised for the UK, plus a programme of business change by clinical staff. David Miller, business manager for pharmacy at […]
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