Imperial breaches the DPA
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be required to sign an undertaking not to breach the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The undertaking says six laptops were stolen in two burglaries at St Mary’s Hospital, one of which was unencrypted even though it held patient details. […]
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BlackBerry transplant system trialled
Liver surgeons and transplant coordinators at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have started using BlackBerrys to help to determine suitable donor recipients from transplant waiting lists.
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Newcastle prepares for go-live
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to go-live with the electronic patient record system for which it partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre last year.
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King’s picks McKesson whiteboard system
One of London’s largest hospital trusts is to scrap its manual whiteboards and install a real time room and patient visibility system from McKesson. King’s College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to install McKesson’s Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a visual control system designed specifically for hospitals, as part of its Releasing Time to Care: The […]
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Caring, sharing
Individual hospitals have PACS in place: but whatever happened to image sharing? Linda Davidson and Daloni Carlisle investigate.
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Industry round-up 09.07.09
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new products, system deployments, observed trends and other news from leading healthcare IT suppliers. South Manchester utilises Hornbill’s Supportworks The University of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has applied Hornbill’s Supportworks ITSM service management software to manage the NHS Registration Authority smart card system that it is introducing […]
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UPMC team displaces Royal Berks staff
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has handed redundancy notices to its entire electronic patient record team as it prepares to implement a Cerner system with University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre.
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Blackpool uses ASCC for EPR procurement
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has begun a procurement process for elements of an electronic patient record using the ASCC framework catalogue.
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McKesson sees shared services growth
McKesson has announced a 200% growth in its Shared Services over the past 12 months. The Healthcare and IT solutions and services provider has won ten out of 11 contracts in open tender and is now providing HR and payroll services to more than 107,000 staff across the NHS. Almost 40 trusts are now using […]
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Quality counts
The Quality and Outcomes Research Unit at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust was the overall winner in last year’s BT E-Health Insider awards. Daloni Carlisle finds out why.
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