Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems
The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not a single hospital has yet received a new system, and a leading obstetrician has warned that the delays are creating potential “clinical risks” to mothers and children. The lengthy delays to maternity software are causing […]
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Oasis chosen by Dudley as preferred PAS application
Dudley Hospital NHS Trust and Siemens Medical Solutions have selected Capula Healthcare to supply and implement its Oasis Patient Administration System (PAS), as part of the ongoing Private Finance Initiative project at the trust. Siemens has worked with Dudley under a PFI deal for four years to provide new IT systems and digital imaging. The […]
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Two trusts to use new Eclipse maternity system
Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts are poised to start implementing a new maternity information system which brings together care records and information from fetal monitoring. The system, Eclipse MIS, has been developed by Huntleigh Healthcare, makers of non-invasive healthcare devices, and Care Records, a company specialising in clinical records. Care Records was bought recently […]
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System C named in best employers list
Healthcare IT systems and services specialists, System C Healthcare, has been ranked as one of the best small/medium enterprise companies to work for in the Sunday Times’ annual survey for the second year running. The survey highlighted that “83% of employees have pride in working for the organisation and 84% are very engaged in where […]
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Euroking delivers maternity across Pennine hospitals
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has extended use of its EuroKing Miracle maternity software to support all four of its hospitals – The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, North Manchester General Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital in Bury. The move to the enterprise-wide maternity system was driven by Pennine’s need to increase standardisation and […]
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UCLH plays smart with cards
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has become one of the first big hospital trusts in England to begin using smart cards in conjunction with an electronic patient records system. UCLH is using the cards to provide staff with quick, secure and easy access to its new electronic patient record system – Carecast […]
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Framework agreement for NHS videoconferencing
Videoconferencing specialists, Questmark, have been awarded a three-year framework agreement by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency for the supply of systems and services. The agreement covers all countries in the UK and applies to any part of the NHS including trusts, GP surgeries and the Medical Research Council, together with other public sector organisations […]
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UCLH makes switch to Carecast
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the country to go live with the new electronic patient administration system (PAS) that will become the standard for all hospitals in London. The move puts the trust at the leading edge of NHS IT, making it the first big acute hospital trust to […]
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Delivery delays mount across the national programme
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in four of the five regions in England, with the biggest slippages occurring in delivering new integrated clinical systems to acute hospitals. As previously reported the delivery of new hospital systems in London and the South […]
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Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead
Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider about the centre’s responsibilities when it comes into being as a special authority on 1 April, 2005. The centre takes over some of the role of the NHS Information Authority, which is to be disbanded […]
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