SMS event alert system planned for care workers
iSentry have announced the release of their Digital Witness service, a web-based compliance monitoring and alert system aimed at health and social care workers. The system has been tested by the Devon and Cornwall Autistic Community Trust (Spectrum) and is already in use there. The Digital Witness system allows workers to enter event records they […]
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Philips buys US PACS firm Stentor
Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire Stentor, a US firm specialising in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for radiology images in a deal that will make Philips the world’s second largest PACS provider. Philips, which is contracted to provide PACS systems to NHS hospitals in London as part of the NHS national programme […]
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National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland
iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) went live in Aberdeen Children’s Hospital in May and in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in January and May respectively. iSOFT is rolling out the rest of the system to NHS Grampian, and plans to have […]
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Computer equipment could help MRSA spread
Keyboards and computer equipment installed in hospitals may aid the spread of ‘superbug’ bacteria such as MRSA, a study in a Chicago hospital has revealed. Just touching a keyboard is enough to pick up the bacteria and potentially pass it on to a patient, according to the results of the study. Furthermore, cleaning the equipment […]
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Single sign-on targeted at UK health organisations
An IT security company which claims successful implementations in US hospitals of its enterprise single-sign on (ESSO) system has set up a European base and is attempting to target the UK health IT market. Imprivata, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, has developed the OneSign system (below), which allows a single authentication onto a network. According to the […]
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Pathfinder on the track of IT assets
A solution designed to help hospital and primary care trusts identify and maintain records of their technology assets has been launched by Stream Partners in partnership with BMC Software. The developers say that their Pathfinder solution means staff will no longer have to scour their IT environment manually to track all hardware, software and services […]
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Kodak announces new push into healthcare IT
Eastman Kodak this week announced plans for a concerted push into the fast-growing market for healthcare information technology with the introduction of a new portfolio of software and systems. The new approach was announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) conference in Dallas this week. Kodak’s health imaging business serving the health […]
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PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust
North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which fall in rural areas. According to Ferrania, the filmless system will have particular benefits for the trust as it will save them money and time transporting copies of files between sites, as well as cutting […]
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Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms
A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut down on data entry, according to the manufacturers. The HP Forms Automation System (HP FAS, right) looks exactly like a pen, but when used on a special preprinted form, can create completed forms in PDF format or text through handwriting recognition […]
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BMS UK takes over healthcare biometrics firm
Healthcare IT vendor Business Management Solutions UK has taken over ISL, from which it purchased biometric authentication software and hardware for the NHS. The company, ISL, manufactured Secure-IT and SentriNET, security systems that revolve around using fingerprints for logon and identity verification, but went into liquidation. The new company formed will be called BMS Biometrics Ltd. […]
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