Hammersmith chooses Technidata for blood transfusion
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a contract with Technidata to replace its two existing blood transfusion systems with TD-BloodBank, a component of the firm’s TD-Synergy integrated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The trust has also signed up to pilot Pocket TD-BloodBank, a portable version of the software that provides access from networked and handheld […]
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Doctors critical of NPfIT costs, survey finds
Doctors believe the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) could provide valuable benefits to clinical care in the long term, but they are increasingly critical of its costs and the way it is being implemented, according to a survey released today. The independent survey, commissioned by E-Health Insider, bjhc&im, Computer Weekly, Financial Times, Guardian, GP and […]
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Cancer network claims time saved by teleconferencing
The Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network has upgraded its videoconferencing systems to allow members to collaborate without travelling, thus freeing up travel time to spend with patients, it says. Terminals have been installed in several hospices, allowing clinicians working in palliative care to link into cancer units. The upgrade also means that […]
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PACS roll-out stalls in NW and West Midlands
The roll-out programme for PACS in the North West and West Midlands of England by CSC looks in danger of stalling. Despite assurances from NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), as recently as two weeks ago, that initial implementations will begin before the end of December 2005, E-Health Insider has confirmed that none of the four […]
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NHS trusts save £4.5m on IT through e-commerce
A group of NHS trusts have predicted that they will savings of nearly 30% on IT hardware by using an online auction. Using the online auction some 137 NHS trusts, organised into six regional consortia, were able to save nearly a third off all the desktops and laptops they needed over the next 18-months. Projected […]
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Moorfields Eye Hospital goes for virtual storage
Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have installed a virtual storage server that allows them to add extra hardware and storage facilities seamlessly and allow data used by several sites to be backed up in one central location. The hospital, which keeps a large number of images, electronic patient records and patient demographic and staff details […]
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NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT
NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as IT, HR and finance to help deliver services more efficiently and avoid some trusts slipping into the red. The call came in a letter to the 156 NHS trusts that were in financial deficit last […]
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Tech industry concerned about NICE appraisal cuts
The Association for British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) has expressed concern that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s reduction in the number of its appraisal committees will result in patients "missing out" on new technology. The ABHI, a trade association that represents several computer hardware and software suppliers to the NHS as well as medical […]
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Birmingham hospital upgrades servers for NPfIT
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has installed new servers and support infrastructure in order to pave the way for the National Programme for IT. Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, a Dell EMC CX700 storage area network (SAN) and a number of Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers were installed at the hospital, which has 6,500 employees. Peter […]
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Easy-clean keyboard could reduce MRSA risk
A keyboard designed to be easy to clean has been released for distribution in the UK in order to help hospitals keep down MRSA infection rates. The SlimKey-MD keyboards (below) are built out of silicone rubber and polycarbonate, and are built in one piece. They come with a choice of standard touchpads and ‘joystick’-style controllers for […]
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