Reported drug errors increase, says NPSA
The incidence of reported drug errors leading to avoidable deaths and patient harm is on the increase, according to a new National Patient Safety Agency report.
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Novell Identity Manager at Maudsley
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is using Novell Identity Manager to manage the user accounts of more than 8,000 staff. NHS Connecting for Health has an enterprise licence agreement in place for Novell Identity Manager, but the trust worked with Salford Software on the implementation. The system collects data from the NHS […]
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Cerner go-live at Newcastle delayed
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has decided to take additional time before going live with a big bang implementation of Cerner Millennium.
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Bradford plans Lorenzo expansion
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is due to take Lorenzo live in a ward environment in the middle of September. The trust initially deployed the electronic patient record system from iSoft in a weekly joint replacement clinic in April. In a statement for E-Health Insider, the trust said: “The use of Lorenzo in our […]
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Trust tracks and recovers stolen laptop
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has tracked down and recovered five stolen laptops after installing Computrace on the trust’s equipment. The trust, which employs 3,500 staff and provides mental health and substance misuse services across Lancashire, implemented Computrace from Absolute Software across its whole IT estate of laptops, desktops and specialist healthcare tablets three years […]
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EHI’s industry round up 7.8.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers forthcoming events, system deployments and other developments in healthcare IT.
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Birmingham tenders for 3D ‘wayfinder’
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has put out a tender for a 3D virtual reality system for its new hospital.
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EHI’s industry round up 31.7.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new and upgraded products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Eizo supports Sectra in Northern Ireland Monitor manufacturer Eizo has been chosen to provide medical monitors for the Swedish medical IT company Sectra, which is installing PACS at Northern Ireland’s hospitals. The Northern Ireland […]
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
Can BT and CSC deliver? Three months after they were given new deadlines, EHI editor Jon Hoeksma is doubtful.
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Trust rejects £1m Lorenzo incentive
East Cheshire NHS Trust has opted to shift its existing patient administration system to a new hardware platform despite being offered incentives of around £1m to move to Lorenzo.
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