Benenden to deploy Oasis EPR
Private healthcare group, the Benenden Hospital Trust has signed a five year contract with Oasis Medical Solutions, to implement the Oasis patient administration system. Benenden, whose main hospital is in Cranbrook, Kent, has been using a legacy PAS for the last ten years, but, due to an increase in NHS business as part of the […]
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Biotronik launches cardiac telecare system
Biotronik Lumax 540 German telemedicine device specialist, Biotronik, has launched a new home monitoring device offering remote, wireless advanced patient management and providing daily protection for patients with life-threatening cardiac conditions. Biotronik’s ‘Home Monitoring’ system has been designed to enable continuous automatic daily data transmission of the patient’s cardiovascular status. Once wirelessly connected, the information […]
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EHI’s news roundup 20.06.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 20 June 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news StreamOn.net launches video e-learning for healthcare Belfast company, StreamOn.net, has launched a video based e-learning site for healthcare professionals, in partnership with leading UK professional bodies The website aims to […]
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TietoEnator’s Health boss sets out vision
Arto Ryymin of TietoEnator tells Philipp Grätzel how health IT will help the company get back on track.
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Agfa to expand Chinese PACS/RIS deal
Agfa HealthCare is to implement a second phase radiology information and system (RIS) and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) program at the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University. The deal follows the initial roll-out of the hospital’s original RIS/PACS in 2006. The new collaboration with Agfa Healthcare, which is planned to start this […]
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Royal Berkshire ‘saves £1m’ with e-rostering
New workforce management software has helped the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust to save more than £1m in the system’s first year of operation. Optimize-Roster, a new e-rostering system developed by HR software specialist Powertec jointly with the trust, interfaces with the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR). It enables staff to enter shift requests directly […]
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Map of Medicine partners with DH cancer networks
The Map of Medicine is partnering with all cancer networks across England to localise the cancer care pathways already provided by ‘the Map’. The Department of Health say the partnership is key to enabling the networks to achieve targets set out in the ‘Cancer Reform Strategy’, including improving early detection of cancers, reducing referral times […]
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iSoft installs order comms in Malta
Doctors and other clinical staff at Malta’s new Mater Dei Hospital can now order laboratory tests and x-rays online and view results and reports using iSoft’s order communication software. The systems were recently installed at the hospital under a contract renewal for iSoft’s patient management system. The renewal, which was agreed in May 2007, has […]
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Swiss clinic group implements MPI from ICW
Swiss private clinic group, Hirsladen, has installed a master patient index system supplied by German e-health specialist InterComponentWare. The master patient index (MPI) system will support the integration of heterogeneous hospital systems used in the 13 private clinics and 100 centres of excellence and specialised institutes of the Hirslanden group. The Hirslanden clinics already use […]
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Anoto enables BlackBerry integration to digital pen
Swedish digital pen and paper specialist, Anoto, has partnered with wireless BlackBerry platform developer, PaperIQ, to enable digital pen and paper input to be wirelessly transmitted to the character recognition system. The Anoto Digital Pen Integration Kit for BlackBerry provides users with everything required to integrate Anoto’s digital pen technology with a BlackBerry smartphone application […]
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