NHS must use international IT standards
The NHS needs to use international IT standards if it is to make the most of the current drive towards more integrated care, the chair of IHE UK has argued.
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Joining up is hard to do
A summit on healthcare IT systems interoperability, organised by IHE UK and the European Antilope programme, urged health to learn from the mobile industry when it comes to making progress with standards. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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HL7 standards set free
Health Level Seven International has announced that it is going to make its standards for the electronic exchange of health information free from 2013.
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HL7 UK takes to the road with the DH
HL7 UK is to hold a series of free roadshows in May and June to promote healthcare interoperability, with one of the shows doubling as an ITK user group meeting.
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Russia joins Health Level Seven
Russia has become an affiliate member of Health Level Seven (HL7), the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology. HL7 Russia is chaired by Tatyana Zarubina, MD, PhD, head of the medical information science and cybernetics department at Russian State Medical University. “Russia needs to implement HL7 standards to integrate medical information […]
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Personal view: Tim Benson
Standards guru Tim Benson argues that understanding health interoperability, HL7 and SNOMED CT will become increasingly important in this taster of his new book.
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Agfa Healthcare integrates Oasis
Agfa Healthcare, part of Agfa-Gaveart, has signed an agreement to integrate Oasis workstation software from Segami Corporation into the workflow of its latest Impax PACS system. The new software is said to enable physicians to review, process and report studies, helping to streamline patient care in nuclear medicine by providing a single system that automates […]
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Norfolk and Norwich develops unique PAS
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone-live with an updated version of its unique patient administration system. The refresh means the Pathways Patient Administration PAS will operate from a modern hardware platform with an up to date database and application software. The trust hopes this will give it more scope for developments […]
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HL7 and IHTSDO sign agreement
Health Level Seven, the international healthcare IT standards body, has partnered with the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, a provider of standardised clinical terminology. The partnership is designed to foster interoperability and lead to improvements in patient safety by eliminating gaps and overlaps between the HL7 and IHTSDO standards. The focus of joint work […]
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InterQual to manage care across Rotherham
Rotherham Health and Social Care Economy Partnership is deploying an evidence-based decision support and care management system developed and widely-used in the US. The partnership between Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Rotherham, and Rotherham Social Services was developed in July 2008, to meet national imperatives to use health services appropriately. It is now rolling out […]
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