Online education used to combat hospital infections
A new internet education service launched this week aims to give health workers in Scotland immediate access to latest information on healthcare associated infections (HAI). Health Minister Andy Kerr said the initiative, provided by NHS Education for Scotland (NES), would help in the fight against HAI by providing frontline NHS staff with knowledge on best […]
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Germany joins hospital RFID pilots
Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access to data. The Klinikum SaarbrÜcken in western Germany, this month launched a pilot project covering 1000 patients in collaboration with technology partners Siemens Business Services, Intel and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. In addition to making patient […]
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Welsh hospital trust looks to merge patient records
Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust has installed a system that allows patient details to be stored on a central server, transferred between departments and synchronised automatically when they change. The MultiVue system from VisionWare, which runs on a Microsoft BizTalk Server, links the pathology, radiology and critical care clinical information systems with the PAS. According […]
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Internet telephones installed in hospital trusts
Two hospital trusts in London and Birmingham have had Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems installed across their sites in the hope of saving money and reducing the load on their existing networks. The systems, installed by BT at Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, will […]
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Norfolk hospital gets electronic cancer care system
A hospital in East Anglia has installed an electronic cancer management system in its oncology department, which is designed to bring greater efficiency, greater patient throughput and reduced waiting times. Until now, the software has not been available in Europe. The Colney Centre at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is using VARiS MedOncology from Varian Medical Systems, […]
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Private hospital begins radiography IT modernisation
A private hospital in Kent has invested in a computed radiography (CR) system, as part of the first stage of “a wider digital imaging strategy". The technology, which was supplied to Chelsfield Park Hospital, near Orpington, by Kodak, comes in several parts. The Directview CR 850 System processes the images from cassette and can send […]
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Paperless hospital medication pilot launches in Australia
A hospital in Australia has become among the first in the world to install a fully paperless medication management system which covers the patient journey from diagnosis to discharge. The pilot, launched in the Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) by the Northern Territory’s Minister for Health Dr Peter Toyne, will test the MedChart software, which covers prescribing, […]
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Report predicts European growth of hospital e-prescribing
There is enormous potential for expansion within electronic hospital prescribing systems within Europe – a market that is already showing overall growth, according to a survey from analysts Frost & Sullivan. Their report states that by 2010, the market for e-prescribing is likely to be worth a total of £75.2m, growing by 29% every year, with inpatient […]
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Electronic hospital prescribing brought forward to 2006
Health Minister Lord Warner is to fast-track the introduction of electronic hospital prescribing in response to the recent report by National Cancer Director, Professor Mike Richards. Professor Richards’ report stated that cancer drugs recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) are often unavailable in certain areas of the UK, and blames lack of […]
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Report challenges hospital mobile ban
A new report on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare facilities challenges the wisdom of blanket prohibitions on mobile phones and other wireless devices in hospitals, writes Neil Versel from the annual Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to a white paper issued by the US-based Mobile […]
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