Integrated care platform from Tunstall
Telehealth and telecare equipment provider Tunstall has announced the launch of its next generation suite of telehealth solutions. Tunstall said its Integrated Care Platform will deliver assistive technology solutions to support the delivery of telehealth care between care teams and enable patients to be managed through a single user interface. The platform will also provide […]
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Experts fear Punch and Judy election
The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up the NHS and radically reorganise its IT. Asked to put forward manifesto ideas for the general election that is likely to be called after the Easter break, commentators from think tanks, analysts and the health […]
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It’s party time
With the general election fast approaching, Sarah Bruce asked policy makers, analysts and trusts what they would put in their health IT manifesto.
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BT to run N3 videoconferencing service
NHS Connecting for Health and BT have announced that BT is to offer a national videoconferencing service over N3, the broadband network that it built and manages for the NHS. The N3 Video Conferencing Managed Service will be run by the company’s videoconferencing unit, BT Conferencing. It will launch in June, but trusts can sign […]
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Network supports Aneurin Bevan strategy
Surrey-based systems integrator LAN2LAN has won a contract to design, supply and maintain the wireless infrastructure for the Aneurin Bevan Health Board for up to five years. The health board, which covers a population of more than 600,000 across 60 sites in the Gwent area, will deploy the company’s Trapeze wi-fi solution to provide an […]
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PCT suspends TPP mobile urgent care
The second primary care trust to deploy TPP’s urgent care solution has stopped using the mobile solution because of problems with poor reception.
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Graphnet Health partners with PCTI
Clinical record specialists Graphnet Health have announced a partnership with document management system suppliers PCTI. Graphnet said the interoperability partnership with PCTI would enable information from secondary care settings to be transferred securely back into GP systems. Graphnet said it had been working with primary care trusts and NHS trusts for more than 15 years […]
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Siemens wins west London LAN deal
NHS Kensington and Chelsea has signed a contract with Siemens Enterprise Communications for a single voice and secure data network. The trust will roll-out Siemens’ OpenScape Voice platform and secure Enterasys Data Local Area Network (LAN) networking equipment at the beginning of 2010 as part of a single service agreement. When the implementation is complete, […]
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LSPs paid a quarter of contract price
The local service providers of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have been paid £1.1 billion, less than a quarter of the projected amounts for their projects.
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N3 Voice Services reaches 100th site
N3 Voice Services is due to implement its 100th N3 VoIP site today. Len Chard, NHS Connecting for Health’s programme head of N3, said the milestone showed how the service had developed since the NHS’ broadband network was VoIP-enabled in July 2007. “N3 Voice has not been very high profile since then, but over the […]
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