King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by NCR. The touch-screen kiosks are designed to simplify checking-in and out procedures for patients. A total of 50 MediKiosks will initially be deployed this autumn in the London hospital’s dermatology, haematology, orthopedics, urology and general […]
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Information at heart of NHS Constitution
Providing information to support choice is a “major priority” for the health service, according to the new NHS Constitution for England. A handbook published to support the constitution, which was launched at a “historic signing ceremony” at Downing Street yesterday, highlights a number of areas in which IT and information services will be developed to […]
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Self-service kiosks for Birmingham hospital
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is to install self-service kiosks developed with Blue Prism in the reception areas of its new hospital. The trust is involved in a major building project, as part of which it needed to streamline its reception and registration processes. Patrick Geary, chief marketing officer for Blue Prism, said the […]
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment
EHI goes behind the scenes at Benenden Hospital, as it prepares to go-live with an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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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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NCR to launch patient kiosks in Europe
The Adventist Healthcare Solution Kiosk A new touch-screen kiosk is to be launched in Europe by self-service specialist NCR, designed to simplify the checking in and out procedures for patients. MediKiosk, a self-service machine which interfaces with hospital information systems and collects clinical information from patients prior to an appointment, is to be piloted by […]
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MSoft showcases blood tracking on Second Life
One of the many landscapes residents can travel in and seek medical assistance Msoft, the electronic blood tracking specialist, has begun showcasing its technology on Second Life, the virtual online society shaped entirely by users, where they can live a parallel life. The company partnered with IBM and Linden Research to showcase its electronic blood […]
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EMIS seeks 100 pilot practices for patient record access
A patient record access group is looking for 100 EMIS practices to take part in a pioneering project allowing patients to view their medical records over the internet. The Record Access Collaborative, run by South-east London GP Dr Brian Fisher and funded by EMIS, has been testing patient record access in an informal project involving […]
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North Mersey use MSoft for blood tracking
North Mersey Health Informatics Service has chosen the MSoft blood tracking solution to help them meet compliance with European Commission directives for blood audits. Using the MSoft tracking system, blood samples are taken and stored in 17 transfusion fridges across five trusts – the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Aintree University Hospitals […]
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GP wins award for patient record access initiative
Dr Amir Hannan has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group conference in Oxfordshire for his pioneering work in patient record access (PRA) in the UK. The GP and information management and technology lead for Tameside and Glossop PCT won the award for the most important personal […]
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