EHI’s industry round-up: appointments
This special edition of the EHI industry round-up covers appointments made by major suppliers in the healthcare IT industry and some NHS bodies whose work impacts on it. Dr Mark Ferrar joins GS1 UK board GS1 UK, the global supply chain standards and solutions organisation, has appointed an executive from NHS Connecting for Health to […]
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EHI’s industry round-up 25.02.10
This month’s industry round-up has news about contracts, the latest deployments and product launches – including the announcement of Lorenzo for the iPhone – and some new or improved websites for those working in health and IT. NHS NSS signs InterSystems deal NHS National Services Scotland and InterSystems have formally signed a national framework contract […]
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Network supports Aneurin Bevan strategy
Surrey-based systems integrator LAN2LAN has won a contract to design, supply and maintain the wireless infrastructure for the Aneurin Bevan Health Board for up to five years. The health board, which covers a population of more than 600,000 across 60 sites in the Gwent area, will deploy the company’s Trapeze wi-fi solution to provide an […]
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EMIS Web now expected in April
EMIS Web is expected to achieve “first of type” go-live in April, according to latest schedules from NHS Connecting for Health.
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Leeds brings Theriak e-prescribing to UK
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to sign a partnership agreement with Belfast-based CIS Healthcare to develop and implement its Theriak e-prescribing system. The system, which is implemented in more than fifty hospitals across Europe in countries including The Netherlands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Austria, will be implemented in […]
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NHS Bromley gets ‘Zen’ control
NHS Bromley has taken remote control of more than 800 PCs in its GP practices using an IT solution from Novell.
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Telehealth ‘to take off by 2012’
Telehealth will take off as a mainstream technology for remote disease and home health monitoring from 2012, a new research report predicts. Medical market research specialist InMedica says 2012 gives a two to three year timescale for current barriers to be overcome and for the benefits of telehealth to be demonstrated on a wide scale. […]
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Cloudy outlook on government ICT
The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector.
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BMA wants tech to save boundaries
The introduction of videophones and webcams in GP surgeries would be a better way of improving patient access than scrapping practice boundaries, according to the British Medical Association. The doctors’ union has recommended a series of local solutions plus changes to the national ‘temporary resident’ system as an alternative to government plans to remove practice […]
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CfH gives go-ahead for IE7
NHS Connecting for Health has said organisations still using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 should move to IE7, following security concerns about the older browser. The Department of Health signed a national licensing deal with Microsoft in October 2001 that lead to the majority of NHS trusts using IE 6 for internet and intranet access. In […]
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