Web-based Clinical Information System Goes Live at Birmingham
Birmingham City Hospital NHS Trust has become the first trust in England to deploy a fully web-based, end-to-end, enterprise-wide clinical system to every desktop in the hospital. The new web-based clinical information system, developed by health IT supplier iSoft builds on early in-house development work carried out by the trust, and is based on the […]
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Online Demand Soars for Anthrax Antibiotic
As the reverberations of 11 September continue to be felt, many members of the public turned to online pharmacies as anthrax scares led to soaring demand for antibiotics, such as Cipro, According to the Washington Post spot shortages of Cipro are now appearing as people worried about anthrax begin to hoard the drug. There have […]
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Novo Nordisk Names Internet Diabetes Innovators
Three innovative approaches to using the Internet to improve the lives of people with diabetes have been recognised by Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk in its NovoRapid Internet Inspiration Initiative. The three winners – an Israeli graphic designer, an Australian nurse, and a Danish physician – will each receive a prize of $20,000. Each has […]
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Merckmedco.com, the Billion Dollar Online Pharmacy
Despite deepening economic gloom on both sides of the Atlantic, US online pharmacy Merckmedco.com has announced that it has reached a business milestone, becoming the first Internet-based pharmacy to achieve $1 billion in sales. Significantly, Merckmedco.com was never dotcom newcomer but instead an imaginative extension of the leading US pharmacy benefit management firm Merck-Medco – […]
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Pfizer Health Solutions Launches InformaCare
Pfizer Health Solutions Inc (PHS), the clinical informatics subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., has launched an advanced secure Internet-based disease management software package designed to enhance communications between US patients and healthcare professionals. The new system, called InformaCare, provides individualised treatment recommendations delivered over the Internet to help hospital and physician organisations better manage the care […]
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Pfizer, IBM and Microsoft Launch Physician IT Services Firm
Pfizer, IBM and Microsoft have jointly announced the launch of a newly formed healthcare technology applications company targeting the US office-based physicians, in a collaboration first announced in March. The new privately-held company, named Amicore, will focus on reducing physicians’ administrative workload and paperwork, by providing workflow and connectivity solutions. Plans call for the system […]
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New E-Prescribing Alliance Between Merck-Medco and Cybear
A new alliance in US electronic prescribing will deliver real-time access to medication data to physicians at the point of care. The deal will allow pharmacy benefits manager, Merck-Medco, to gain access to Cybear’s Internet enabled software and service systems, including the Physicians Online portal, its @Rx prescription management system and technology for electronically transmitted […]
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Palm Awards Mobile Medicine Grants to 17 US Universities
Palm Inc., the provider of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and handheld data devices, has awarded grants to 17 US universities and teaching hospitals to promote the use of mobile data devices in medicine and research how handhelds affect students’ learning. Under the new programme Palm has provided a total of 1,000 Palm IIIc handheld […]
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NHS Awaits Treasury Approval of Landmark Microsoft Deal
The Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency (PASA) have completed negotiations of a critical national software licensing deal with Microsoft to provide the company’s latest desktop personal productivity and back office applications to 300,000 NHS users. Final approval of the business plan is expected from the Treasury within the next two weeks. […]
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Aventis Launches Doctor-Patient Internet Communications Tools
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., the U.S. pharmaceuticals business of Aventis Pharma AG, has launched an Internet-based communications platform designed to link family physicians to patients. The service enables two-way, secure communication, and provides convenient access to information and services designed enhance the delivery of patient care. The new system, called MyDocOnline, provides patients, physicians and their […]
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