Health IT news in brief
This week’s week health IT round-up covers a new cross border partnership in Ireland and some big wins for Civica in social care.
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Global digital health VC funding hit £4.2 billion in 2016
Record venture capital funds were raised for digital health companies in 2016, according to a new report.
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Lincolnshire’s Path Links moves to digital pathology
Path Links, a pathology service for Lincolnshire, is to upgrade to digital pathology in a bid to enhance cancer diagnostics.
Clinical Software
Hospital struggles with theatre IT swap
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust may have to revert to an old computer system to manage its operating theatres after experiencing problems with its replacement.
Clinical Software
Made to measure
Dose monitoring should deliver many benefits, but it’s proving hard to sell to NHS trusts. Kim Thomas reports ahead of the annual meeting of the UK Imaging Informatics Group this autumn.
Clinical Software
Kent and Medway RIS problems continue
Four trusts in Kent and Medway are still experiencing issues with their radiology information system from GE Healthcare.
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GE Healthcare acquires consultancy
GE Healthcare has acquired Finnamore, a health and social care consultancy founded twenty years ago.
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What’s on show at RSNA?
RSNA is an opportunity for vendors to showcase new products, and EHI Imaging Informatics has taken a peek at what will be on show in Chicago next week.
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Imperial suffers problems with GE RIS
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has experienced severe problems with its GE Healthcare radiology information system, forcing it to halt its roll-out.
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Trawling the archives
Trusts are increasingly interested in vendor neutral archives. But what are they, and how are they being used, asks Kim Thomas.
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