Hub for spoke
A framework contract developed by two regional procurement hubs is changing the digital dictation market. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Nottingham extends SRC digital dictation
Following a successful pilot, SRC is to deploy WinScribe digital dictation to a further 1,100 users at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The initial pilot involved more than 250 users in the diabetes, infectious diseases, renal and cardiology departments, which span two hospital sites. Within a month of the pilot being rolled out, urgent clinical correspondence […]
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Sussex Partnership may move to Lorenzo
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year deal with iSoft that includes an option for it to become an early adopter of Lorenzo.
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EHI’s industry round-up 01.04.10
This month’s industry round-up includes an MP’s visit to a telecare service alongside news of contract wins and extensions, new product launches and significant company developments. ISoft wins extension to NHS Shared Business Services deal NHS Shared Business Services has extended its contract for iSoft Business Solutions to host its Oracle finance and purchasing applications […]
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Image Analysis targets UK market
Image Analysis, the company that specialises in developing computer-aided algorithms for MRI data analysis, is calling on the NHS to adopt its technology, which is widely used in the rest of Europe. The company, which develops the algorithms for faster and more accurate detection of disease, has already deployed the software in hospitals across Poland, […]
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Alder Hey automates IT support
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has rolled out an automated IT support platform to provide remote support to more than 2,000 PCs. The trust implemented Kaseya IT automation platform following the successful deployment of system across Liverpool Women’s Hospital. It will now be used to manage, monitor and support more than 3,000 networked machines and provide […]
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Devon and Exeter looks for tactical EPR
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has gone out to tender for the “first elements of a tactical electronic patient record” with the vision of implementing a full EPR by 2014.
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EHI’s industry round up 28.01.2010
This month’s industry round up has news about contracts, company partnerships, the launch of a US interoperability company in the UK, and new appointments at the top of CSC. Northern Ireland’s health service sticks with CRYPTOCard Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland has decided to upgrade to to BlackShield ID, CRYPTOCard’s premier authentication service. […]
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The politics of 2010
Researchers work on telehealth scooter
Researchers at De Montfort University Leicester and the University of Lincoln are developing a device to track scooters and provide local authority care providers with information about their users. The idea is to enable care staff to locate a person if there is an emergency when they are out, and to be able to send someone to […]
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