Vocera cuts Liverpool theatre delays
An NHS trust in Liverpool is using Vocera to improve communications between ward and theatre staff; helping them to work more efficiently and make better use of operating time.
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DH invests £11m in dental IT training
The DH has announced it will give an extra £11m to ten of the 11 dental teaching hospitals in England, to help fund IT systems that will support the training of dental students.
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Details of annual EMIS NUG conference released
Primary care systems specialist EMIS has released details of its annual National User Group conference, which takes place between 11 and 12 September, at Warwick University. The annual NUG conference includes an update on NHS Connecting for Health’s Electronic Prescription Service phase 2, from Dr Manpreet Pujara the new clinical director for EPS. Dr Pujara […]
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Liverpool iPM glitch overbooks some clinics
Problems with a new iSoft iPM patient administration system left some patients at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust arriving for appointments that staff could no longer find records of having been made. The problems appear to relate issues with migrating appointment data from the trust’s old PAS system leading to appointment […]
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EHI’s news roundup 13.06.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 13 June 2008 features new initiatives, supplier news, awards and newly published reports. New websites and web tools: Department of Health revises Health Inequalities National Intervention Tool A revised Health Inequalities National Intervention Tool is to be launched to help areas identify local health inequalities and […]
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EMIS launches care integration projects
GP systems supplier EMIS has announced two new projects which will help to ensure care is fully informed and correctly delivered. Using their web-based software EMIS Web, the company is launching pilots, focused on integrating its primary care records software with other systems in two locations. In Gateshead, out-of-hours staff using Adastra systems will be […]
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St Helens and Knowsley COIN speeds up comms
Over 7,500 staff working across 160 GP surgeries, health centres and acute hospitals in St Helens and Knowsley, Merseyside, are now connected to a new Community of Interest Network (COIN), enabling healthcare information to be accessed and shared across the region in real time. Deployment of the £4.2m COIN began in July last year and […]
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Sefton PCT leaks personal details of 1800 staff
Almost two thousand NHS staff on Merseyside have had their personal details, including National Insurance, pension and salary details, accidently leaked after Sefton Primary Care Trust (PCT) sent them out to four unnamed organisations. According to the PCT the information was sent to the organisations in November when they were bidding for services as part of […]
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Winners announced in BT e-Health Insider Awards
Awards for some of the UK?s most outstanding health IT projects and people were announced at the gala BT e-Health Awards ceremony in London last night.
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