Nottingham buys Medway with digital pens
Midwives at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust are to be given digital pens and mobile access to System C’s Medway Maternity system.
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Nervecentre helps Nottingham at night
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has introduced a new IT system to support its Hospital at Night teams at Nottingham City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre.
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Nottingham extends SRC digital dictation
Following a successful pilot, SRC is to deploy WinScribe digital dictation to a further 1,100 users at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The initial pilot involved more than 250 users in the diabetes, infectious diseases, renal and cardiology departments, which span two hospital sites. Within a month of the pilot being rolled out, urgent clinical correspondence […]
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EC flags benefits of Notts Cisco network
A report has shown that patient waiting times at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have been cut by a third following the implementation of a Cisco network and telephony system. The trust implemented a medical grade network to underpin wired and wireless communications after identifying communications problems in its emergency department. These were causing delays to […]
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Records rules ‘bent’ in Nottingham
A report into inconsistencies in thousands of patient records at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has revealed that pressures to meet government targets led to “bending of the rules.” According to the report, which was commissioned by NHS East Midlands following discrepancies that were identified by the chief executive of the trust last year, almost […]
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Expert view: Kathy McLean
Consultation on use of records
The Department of Health is to launch a series of pilots to examine how patients can opt out of having their records viewed for research purposes after its consultation found a wide gap between the views of researchers and the public. This week the DH published the results of its consultation on wider use of […]
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Green NHS, Green IT
Chris Wilber, director of infrastructure at the NHS Technology Office, discusses the role of IT in greening the NHS.
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Nottingham extends cancer solution
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has announced it will deploy a customised reporting solution across 15 of its specialist tumour departments. The trust is extending its CNodes reporting solution to give it greater visibility of the patient pathway from initial referral to eventual outcome. The trust will continue to use reporting software from business intelligence […]
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Best practice showcase announced
Trusts and primary care trusts from across England will be presenting at the best practice showcase at E-Health Insider Live ’09. NHS South Central will lead off by talking about the work it has been doing with Tribal to develop an information network to support pathway-based commissioning. Other participants in showcase, which is free for […]
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