Microsoft acquires health data aggregation package
Microsoft have announced the acquisition of a healthcare data aggregation software package, Azyxxi, and an alliance with the US-based health organisation, MedStar, where it was developed. A new division within the Redmond-based software giant, led by Peter Neupert, corporate vice president of health solutions, will be responsible for development of the solution. Terms of the […]
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Come together
As mobile devices start taking on more than one function, what implications will there be for healthcare? Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting makes some suggestions.
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Connecting for Health fails to lead on Contact
NHS Connecting for Health continues to run its own local version of Microsoft Exchange rather than migrating to NHS Contact, the web-based e-mail service it procured for the health service at a total cost of up to £90m. At Healthcare Computing 2006 last month CfH chief executive Richard Granger castigated NHS trusts for not fully […]
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Bluetooth ID badge handwashing monitor proposed
A team of academics, clinicians and computer scientists have developed a system that uses a Bluetooth-based wearable ID tag to monitor and log whether staff and vistors on an intensive care ward have washed their hands. The as-yet unnamed system was developed by clinicians at the University of Manchester and computer scientists at the University […]
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EMIS pushes for local backup of hosted records
EMIS is to install back-up ‘mirrors’ of centrally hosted patient records in practices using their PCS Web software, in case their connections to N3 goes down and they lose the ability to access their data. Speaking at a roadshow in Twickenham, south-west London, Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, explained that experience had showed […]
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iSoft’s Lorenzo hits new highs in benchmarks
Manchester based health software firm iSoft has announced that its Lorenzo healthcare solution has hit new benchmark highs in handling simultaneous transactions and concurrent users. In the benchmark tests, carried out with HP, Microsoft and Intel, Lorenzo was said to have handled six million ‘real’ transactions an hour for 25,000 concurrent users. The benchmark was […]
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OmegaIP releases lone worker system
OmegaIP has released a phone-based lone worker protection system aimed at health and social care staff that allows users to discreetly alert others if they are in danger as well as synchronise with their appointments calender. The Lone Worker system (seen right on a PDA emulation) can be set to call the user’s mobile every […]
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Bedfordshire and Luton opt for CareNotes system
Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust has signed up to use Strand Technology’s CareNotes electronic care record solution. Lizzy Smith, from the community and mental health (CAMH) services at Bedfordshire and Luton, said: “This solution will help us continue to make the best use of new technology and will make […]
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system
GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district nurses, health visitors and physiotherapists. PCS Web provides a common system for anyone working in the community with all patients’ data accessible from anywhere via the web-based application. The system offers community teams their own […]
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NHS Wales signs software deal with Microsoft
NHS Wales has signed a corporate licensing enterprise agreement with Microsoft covering the firm’s latest desktop and mobile computing software. The three year deal is estimated to provide savings of £6.1 million compared to trusts locally negotiating software licensing deals. The deal follows the £500m three year corporate licensing deal Microsoft signed with the English […]
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