European hospitals comparatively advanced in ICT
European hospitals are quite well-equipped with basic information and communication technologies compared to nine other key sectors in the economy according to a new survey, European e-Business W@tch 2006. The 10-sector survey by research firm Empirica, which is due to be published in full at the end of the year, looked at 834 acute hospitals […]
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New guidance on mobiles in hospitals and surgeries
The Department of Health has issued guidance about the use of mobile phones in GP surgeries and other NHS premises. The guidance suggests GP practices prepare a written policy on the use of mobile phones accompanied by information posters. It adds: “Many GPs ban the use of mobile phones in their surgeries.” The guidance, which […]
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Implementation dates for hospitals continue to slip
An investigation by E-Health Insider has found that two-thirds of the 22 NHS acute trusts that were meant to be receiving a replacement patient administration system by the end of October say they will not hit the target. In late June NHS Connecting for Health and its local service providers told Richard Bacon MP, a […]
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Leicester hospitals trust website hits new highs
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is claiming its revamped website has become one of the most visited hospital sites in the UK. The findings come from online analytics service, Hitwise, who measure the amount of clicks for a number of NHS and private hospitals’ sites. In the second quarter of the year, UHL […]
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Bradford Teaching Hospitals procures for PAS
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued a European procurement notice for a new patient administration system (PAS) to be supplied outside the scope of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The NHS foundation trust placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Union at the end of July for a […]
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City Hospitals Sunderland rolls out e-prescribing
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out electronic prescribing throughout inpatient areas of the trust. The project required the specification and development of a new module by US vendor, Meditech, which has been extensively anglicised for the UK, plus a programme of business change by clinical staff. David Miller, business manager for pharmacy at […]
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BUPA Hospitals select Kodak for RIS/PACS
BUPA Hospitals has signed an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to provide the private hospital chain with an integrated radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) across all of BUPA’s 26 UK hospitals. The move will support the transition to a complete digital operation across the BUPA Hospitals network. […]
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Manchester hospitals link up with GPs
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust have launched a system that enables clinical correspondence to be electronically exchanged between hospitals and GP practices, providing overnight delivery of patient discharge information when they leave hospital. Using software from clinical correspondence specialists Medisec, the system provides electronic links will be used between all the […]
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Rural US hospitals trailing on IT
A survey by the American Hospital Association of nearly 1,000 community hospitals in the US has revealed that only 10% have fully-implemented IT systems with electronic health records and reporting, with technology being mainly concentrated around urban areas and in teaching hospitals. The study, ‘Forward Momentum: Hospital Use of Information Technology’ [PDF, 632K] found that […]
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Private hospitals sign Choose and Book deal
The largest provider of private hospital services in the UK has signed a deal for e-booking software that will be Choose and Book compliant. BMI Healthcare, which has 49 hospitals in the UK, has placed an order with Belgium based IT company UltraGenda for UltraGenda Pro, UG Contacts Store and UG Broka which includes its […]
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