Welsh hospital trust looks to merge patient records
Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust has installed a system that allows patient details to be stored on a central server, transferred between departments and synchronised automatically when they change. The MultiVue system from VisionWare, which runs on a Microsoft BizTalk Server, links the pathology, radiology and critical care clinical information systems with the PAS. According […]
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Interoperability centre stage in Dallas
Interoperability was the operative word among the nearly 22,000 health IT professionals at the 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference here last week, Neil Versel reports from Dallas. "Interoperability is the key to achieving the ultimate goal," which is a full electronic health record, explained Dr Carolyn Clancy, director of the US government’s Agency […]
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The Department of Health’s new deal with Microsoft is saving hundreds of pounds for NHS staff who want to use Microsoft on their home computers, finds Fiona Barr.
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Scottish NHS IT reform spend inefficient, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s outgoing director for Scotland and new sales director for Europe, Gordon McKenzie, has spoken out against progress so far in Scottish health IT reform, calling current systems inefficient and fractured. “NHS Scotland is still operating in a piecemeal way,” he told Scotland . “Royal Bank of Scotland has 100,000 employees and one IT system. […]
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Microsoft launches Welsh language pack for Windows XP
Microsoft has launched a Welsh Language Pack for Windows XP and Office 2003 that will translate Windows menus and Office applications seamlessly into Welsh. The new, free updates join languages like Hindi, Maori and Gaelic and were developed over a period of fifteen months in partnership with the Welsh Language Board. Terry Smith, senior director […]
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Volunteers needed for NHS Office UI testing
Volunteer health professionals are needed by Microsoft and the National Programme for IT to provide user feedback on the development of the bespoke Microsoft Windows and Office for the NHS. The call for participation came at last week’s Care Record Development Board (CRDB) conference at a session devoted to exploring how the new bespoke interface for […]
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Accenture names Phoenix as primary care supplier
Accenture has announced that it has signed agreements with Microsoft, Liquidlogic and The Phoenix Partnership to provide technology solutions for the North-east and Eastern regions of English NHS, under the National Programme for IT. Accenture is the local service provider for the North-east and Eastern regions, two of the five English NHS regions covered by […]
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Mixed results as Contact splutters into life
E-Health Insider has had a bumper response from NHS staff sharing their experiences of the first week of Contact, the new NHS email system, following last week’s news on the problems some readers have experienced. A major frustration appears to be the difficulty or inability to configure Contact to operate within Microsoft Outlook – a serious problem […]
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Standard NHS user interface to be developed
Microsoft has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Programme for IT to deliver a standard user interface (UI) for all NHS clinical information systems. The announcement came at the same time as news of a long-term licensing agreement with the NHS for Microsoft software. Under the agreement relating to […]
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Microsoft signs new software deal with NPfIT
Health minister John Hutton has announced a three-year software licensing deal with Microsoft, claiming savings for the NHS of up to £112m over the next three years. The Department of Health (DH) says that the NHS will save a whopping £330 million over the lifetime of the deal, thanks to tight negotiations led by the National […]
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