West Middlesex deploys cancer pathway CIS
In a bid to get better cancer datasets, West Middlesex University Hospital has begun implementation of a new clinical information system (CIS) called Cepia, developed by Dataline Healthcare Solutions.. Cepia is a web-enabled CIS that enables healthcare users to create, record and clearly visualise the movement of cancer patients through their clinical pathway. It has […]
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Online infection control site unveiled by UCLH
An online directory of infectious diseases has been unveiled by University College London Hospital (UCLH) and the Whittington and North Middlesex Hospitals to help staff to recognise and treat infections. The publication, entitled the Infection Control Manual, features a very large searchable directory of infectious diseases, along with instructions on how to recognise them, what specific action to take […]
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Choose and Book work agreed with McKesson
Health IT specialist, McKesson has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health for upgrade work to enable trusts using the firm’s TotalCARE patient administration system to implement Choose and Book. The system is used by 22 acute hospital trusts five of which have already been converted and are using TotalCARE to accept bookings. These include […]
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IDX chooses SeeBeyond to integrate UCLH
IDX Systems Corporation UK, has chosen SeeBeyond’s eGate product to provide the integration platform for the comprehensive electronic patient care record system it is installing at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH). The announcement comes a week after BT awarded SeeBeyond a £16 million seven-year contract to provide the core software for the transactional messaging service for […]
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UCLH Signs £70m EPR Deal with IDX and Logica
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, has announced a £70 million investment in an Electronic Patient Records (EPR) system, supplied by IDX Systems Corporation in partnership with LogicaCMG. IDX will deliver an integrated IT system called Lastword across the Trust’s eight hospitals. The system will enable UCLH to ensure that its brand new PFI-build hospital on […]
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University College London Hospitals Announces PACS Deal
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with Agfa Healthcare to provide a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for online X-ray images. The first phase of implementation will see the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery become the first fully filmless hospital in the Trust. It will also see PACS introduced […]
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PathNet System Picks Up Potentially Fatal Error in Its First 24 Hours
A new pathology information system detected a potentially fatal error within 24 hours of going live across two hospitals in north west London and enabled staff to take action. Cerner Corporation, suppliers of the PathNet Laboratory Information System to North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, report that the error was flagged up to clinical staff […]
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