Medical Tablet PC launched by Intel
Intel, Motion Computing and NHS Connecting for Health have announced the launch of a new mobile computing device, designed from the ground up for use by clinicians in hospital and community environments. The Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) is lightweight rugged tablet PC with a built in carrying handle designed to withstand the knocks and spills […]
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iSoft says recovery now underway
iSoft today said it has begun a "regeneration programme", stabilised its position and is ahead of schedule on stripping costs out of the business. The health software firm announced better than expected half-year results with pre-tax losses of £14.3m in the six months to 31 October, with revenues down 11.6%. The software company said that […]
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Plymouth opts for Ensemble integration platform
Plymouth ICT Shared Services is replacing its current integration platform with InterSystems Ensemble, it was announced today. Plymouth’s director of ICT, Nick Thomas, said, “This investment will enable the community to fully embrace the central integrated solutions provided by the National Programme for IT [NPfIT], while maintaining and enhancing the benefits to clinicians delivered by […]
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iSoft system leaves North Staffs unable to bill
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, one of the most indebted trusts in the country, is facing a potential £16m risk due to severe problems with a new electronic patient record system from iSoft, which have left it unable to code activity and recover income. The new system has left the trust, which already […]
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CSC to continue to deploy TPP systems
CSC has confirmed that it will continue to work with Accenture’s main software sub-contractors in the North east and Eastern NHS regions, and it plans to continue to deploy systems from The Phoenix Partnership into primary and community care. Andrew Spence, the solutions director for CSC Alliance, told EHI Primary Care that following last Thursday’s […]
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North Staffs announces ‘big bang’ implementation
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has started its trust-wide ‘big bang’ implementation of a new iSoft patient administration system, together with specialist clinical systems as part of its move towards an electronic patient record. Several of the trust’s legacy systems, many of which were bespoke, have now been replaced in PAS A&E, theatre, maternity, clinical […]
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iSoft begins EPR roll-out at Derby
iSoft has announced that the initial roll-out of its iCM electronic patient record (EPR) system at Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nearing completion on the trust’s surgical and urology departments. Following this initial pilot of the order communications component of iCM – enabling clinicians to electronically order and receive test results – is now being rolled […]
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Tablet tests
How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and an EPR manager review the Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook P1510.
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North Staffs prepares for big bang
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust is getting ready to go live with patient administration and clinical systems from iSoft some three years after it first signed the contract – and over two years late. April 30 marked the third anniversary of North Staffordshire NHS Trust signing a contract with iSoft for its iPM patient […]
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Lorenzo CRS solution delayed until late 2007
The delivery of the strategic Care Record Service solution in the North West and West Midlands cluster has been confirmed as running badly late and subject to "significant delays" until at least late 2007. As a result, strategic health authorities in the area are now developing "delay mitigation plans" based on interim use of existing systems […]
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