Carestream updates Information Management Solution
A new version of Carestream Healthcare’s Information Management Solution (IMS) unveiled at the European Congress of Radiologists this month, is to be made available worldwide in the second quarter of this year. The company says that the update will offer healthcare providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other patient documents, while also facilitating the integration […]
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InterSystems named best integration platform
InterSystems has retained its status as providers of the best integration platform in US-based KLAS’s healthcare technology research annual year end report. The Ensemble rapid integration platform was voted the market leader in the integration engines field in the ‘KLAS 2007 Top 20: Year-End Awards’ report. Data compiled by KLAS for its premium research service […]
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Fujitsu integrate JAC pharmacy at Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust has become the first trust to receive a JAC pharmacy system from local service provider Fujitsu, integrated with its Cerner Millennium patient administration system. The JAC system is now being offered as one of Fujitsu’s best of breed options until similar functionality becomes available within Millennium. The JAC system originally […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 04.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 4 January, featuring supplier news, appointments, acquisitions and awards. Supplier News Manpower Software wins North West Wales NHS Trust contract Manpower Software has won a contract to deploy its MAPS Healthroster software at the North West Wales NHS Trust. The software allows users to create […]
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Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs
After one year of negotiations – faster than expected – more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a new standardised interface for electronic patient records (EPR). The agreement will make it easier for EPR-solutions of different vendors to share personal medical data. The new interface was being developed under the umbrella of the […]
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Integration to improve newborn testing
One of the 2 million babies to be screened since the launch of NHSP The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) will soon be able to automatically import data from screening devices into a central database, with the aid of InterSystems’ Ensemble integration platform. The NHSP has been using the eScreener Plus (eSP) system from […]
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Interoperability gets more complex
Tim Benson sets out why the success of the NHS IT Local Ownership Programme depends on interoperability.
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EHI’s industry news round-up 26.10.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 26 October, featuring supplier news, product launches, acquisitions and events. News in Brief St Luke’s Hospital, Oxford installs Agfa PACS St. Luke’s Hospital, based in Headington, Oxford has recently installed Agfa HealthCare’s Web 1000 PACS solution, helping to improve both workflow and patient care. The […]
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BridgeForward launches European interface engine
BridgeForward Software has launched a new interface engine called Edge4, designed especially for the European market. The product is based on the ClearSpan Server, used extensively in the US and is aimed at ‘reducing the challenge and cost of application integration for ‘best of breed’ software suppliers who must integrate their solutions into their customer’s […]
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The XDS factor
Interest is growing in Cross Enterprise Document Sharing as a system for storing and transmitting clinical data. Nick Brown and Dave Harvey explain the basics.
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