Good Hope Hospital Buys Oasis PAS
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust has signed a contract with Siemens Healthcare Services to provide it with a new Patient Administration System (PAS). The new system will be provided as a managed service and will be based on the Oasis PAS system, supplied by Siemens partner, Capula Elan. Features of the Oasis PAS systems to […]
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Siemens Tops European Health IT League
The health services division of Siemens Medical Solutions has been named the leader in the European Hospital Information Systems (HIS) market by health markets analyst Frost &Sullivan. Siemens purchase of Shared Medical Systems (SMS) has catapulted it into the number one slot in the European HIS sector, where it is now estimated to have an […]
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High Demand for Tablets Predicted in Health
Last week saw the international launch of Microsoft’s Tablet PC software and a series of tablet and slate-style devices by leading hardware manufacturers. Microsoft has high hopes for the Tablet PC, arguing that it will transform the way we work, collaborate and use computers. Microsoft’s public sector industry manager Jenny Duff told E-Health Insider that […]
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Why Are GP Practices More Computerised Than Hospitals?
Scalability and incentives are suggested as the two key factors that explain why British GPs are far more likely to use a computer in the consulting room than their hospital-based colleagues. In a pair of papers published in the British Medical Journal, managing consultant, Tim Benson, reviews the development of computer systems in British healthcare. […]
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IT Competence Rising in the NHS
Rising levels of basic IT competence are recorded in 2002 National Health Informatics Competency Survey – but the NHSIA has warned there is no room for complacency. The survey shows that 33% of NHS staff judge themselves to be competent in basic IT – a significant leap up from the 14% figure recorded in the […]
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Live Testing of NHS Electronic Staff Records Begins
The live testing of a new national pay and personnel system for the, was launched on Friday at University Hospital Birmingham by Health Minister, Lord Philip Hunt. The National Shared Services Initiative’s Electronic Staff Record (ESR) will deliver an integrated human resources and payroll system across England and Wales, replacing the range of outdated systems […]
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Growing Interest in EPR Systems Around Europe
Increasing interest in electronic patient record systems is found in a new study of European healthcare IT vendors by consultants, Frost & Sullivan. The attraction lies in the ease with which EPR systems can be devised using existing technologies, but the report’s author, Chris Cherrington, points to a significant problem. "While hospitals and healthcare standards […]
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Tight Timetable Set For NHS Technology Procurement
A newly published summary of the planned procurement strategy for delivering the national NHS IT programme ‘Delivering 21st Century IT Support’ makes clear that the strategy will depend on contracting out key components of the programme to consortia of suppliers led by heavyweight Prime Service Providers (PSPs) at both the national and regional levels. What […]
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IT Strategy – You Have Your Say
E-Health Insider’s request for fantasy IT strategies for the NHS struck a chord with many of you who sent in a range of suggestions over the course of the week. A common theme was the feeling that any new IT strategy must have a strong thread of cultural change and people management, and that a […]
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Fife Acute Hospitals Introduce New Network
Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has begun introducing a new Citrix-based IT network across its four main sites. The network, provided by Channel One, a business division of VisionWare Plc, is being administered by Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the project’s prime contractor, and an authorised supplier through the GCAT procurement scheme. Health professionals at Fife will […]
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