Delivery delays mount across the national programme
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in four of the five regions in England, with the biggest slippages occurring in delivering new integrated clinical systems to acute hospitals. As previously reported the delivery of new hospital systems in London and the South […]
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Theatre Manager goes live at UCLH
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust has successfully deployed Picis Theatre Manager in 25 operating theatres across five hospitals, with the first users coming online three days ahead of schedule. It is the first time the software has been used in the UK. The rollout is another milestone in the punishing IT development […]
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Document software speeds up transfer to GPs
PCTI, who supply document management and filing software to general practice, have released an update to their software that promises to speed up the transfer of letters between consultants and GPs by automatically transferring and filing correspondence. The electronic document transfer (EDT) system, PCTI, piloted the update to their system in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, […]
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Internet telephones installed in hospital trusts
Two hospital trusts in London and Birmingham have had Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems installed across their sites in the hope of saving money and reducing the load on their existing networks. The systems, installed by BT at Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, will […]
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Hospital introduces electronic social care referral
An NHS Foundation Trust has developed a seamless electronic social care referral system that ensures that social workers are fully informed of the special needs of discharged patients and can arrange any aftercare they need in advance. The Countess of Chester Hospital’s new system, which is based on their existing Meditech integrated patient care system, […]
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