University Hospital of Bonn picks Agfa PACS
Agfa HealthCare has been selected by the University Hospital of Bonn to supply its IMPAX picture archiving and communication system for an enterprise-wide implementation. IMPAX was chosen after an OJEU tender process for a PACS solution to meet the fast evolving needs of its radiology department. The project is financially backed by the German Research […]
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Two thirds of GPs sign up for IGSoC
Around two-thirds of GP practices had signed up to NHS Connecting for Health’s information governance standards by the deadline of the end of March, according to the Department of Health. The DH said it was “extremely pleased” with the response, although CfH was unable to confirm how many of those 5,800 practices had met its standards […]
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Team of the Year
Team of the year at last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards was won by NHS Pathways. The runners up in the category sponsored by NHS Connecting for Health were teams from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
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Oxford chooses Imprivata OneSign
Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust has announced it has chosen Imprivata OneSign to provide a single sign-up solution, enabling staff to use just one password to access multiple systems. The single sign-on will help staff access patient information more quickly and securely. Previously, staff have had to manage up to five passwords to access different applications, […]
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Over here
Is Cerner Millennium over big, over corporate and over hard to deploy? Or is it a great system that just needs time and investment ? Neil Versel reports.
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IT vital to pharmacy progress
Use of the NHS Care Records Service by community pharmacists will be an essential part of the reform agenda for pharmacy services, health minister Phil Hope has said. The minister told the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s annual dinner that community pharmacy and the NHS were in a great position to move forward on a number […]
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Carestream Health innnovations in Vienna
Carestream superPACS Carestream Health has unveiled a new architecture at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna. The architecture, which will be available to order in April, will enable trusts to bring together systems from multiple vendors and multiple sites. This should enable them to streamline workflows by allowing patient information and images to be […]
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Dumfries and Galloway secures USB sticks
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has held a USB stick amnesty for staff and issued 1,100 SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB flash drives in return, in order to secure patient information. Andrew Turner, information infrastructure manager at NHS Dumfries and Galloway, told E-Health Insider: “The trust has held an amnesty so that staff could bring in old […]
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Med-e-Tel conference programme published
Med-e-Tel 2009 has published its conference programme, offering a range of speakers and presentations on global telemedicine and e-health. The annual three-day Med-e-Tel conference will be held 1-3 April 2009, Luxembourg. The conference will feature presentations of successful business cases, research activities, pilot projects, practical experiences from health and social care providers. The event will […]
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Sheffield puts records on bedside terminals
An NHS trust in Sheffield its using its bedside entertainment system to give doctors and other medical staff access to patient records.
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