Software helps Bucks cope with rising support calls
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a new support call service to meet increased demand following the deployment of its new Cerner Millennium patient administration system last September and a general increase in computer use. The software from Hornbill Systems’ Supportworks Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) provides an integrated platform for automating and managing request […]
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Kodak Health Group sold to Canadian buyer
Eastman Kodak announced today that it has agreed to sell the Kodak Health Group, which includes its medical imaging and healthcare software business, to Onex Healthcare Holdings in a deal worth up to $2.55 billion (£1.31 billion). Onex is one of Canada’s largest corporations; it describes itself as a diversified company with global operations in […]
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Disk imaging for largest NI community trust
The largest community trust in Northern Ireland, Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust, has installed the Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) software distribution system from Big Bang LLC. Homefirst, which covers 100 health and social care facilities, 300,000 people and employs 5000 staff, installed the software to make it easier to distribute patches and updates […]
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Ideal acquires Deverill’s NHS IT training
Ideal Training has acquired the NHS training division of Deverill, which holds a major contract in the London region. Deverill was awarded a five year contract in January to provide experienced care records systems trainers to support the delivery of end user application training for the capital’s 31 primary care trusts, 32 acute trusts and […]
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New order
In his second article for EHI, Dr Andrew Harrison suggests some ways that ordering tests could be made seamless and paper-free.
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Hounslow PCT launches remote access
Network integration specialist Scalable Networks has teamed up with Hounslow Primary Care Trust to set up a new home and roaming access service for 700 staff. The system has been set up to prepare the trust for its implementation of CSE-Servelec’s web-based Electronic Care Record system, RiO, at the end of next month. RiO will allow […]
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NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday
NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database next month, launched in partnership with clinical decision support software (CDSS) specialists, Clinical Solutions. The database records all individual patients who contact the NHS Direct phoneline and holds details of their enquiry and any advice […]
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Mobile version of Clinical Evidence launched
The BMJ Publishing Group and US knowledge management systems developers, Unbound Medicine, have launched a new mobile resource which gives clinicians full clinical evidence notes from the BMJ Clinical Evidence database The device will help clinicians make evidence-based decisions at a patient’s bedside using a personal digital assistant (PDA), allowing them to quickly review the […]
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Best test
Ex-programmer and clinician Dr Andrew Harrison invites comments on his wishlist for an ideal test result software package.
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Talking pill bottles read out their own labels
Pharmacies in Northern California have started to stock talking prescription bottles which aim to help elderly or partially sighted patients by reading out label information at the touch of a button. The bottles, which go by the name ‘Rex’, contain a voice chip, battery and a speaker. When dispensing, the pharmacist inserts the bottle into the recording dock, which connects […]
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