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One small step for Lorenzo
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has given Lorenzo a soft landing. Lyn Whitfield went to see it in action.
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Panasonic Toughbook MCA launched
A new mobile clinical assistant, billed as “designed for nurses by nurses” will be officially launched today at the World of Health IT conference in Copenhagen. The device which marks the latest development on the fast evolving mobile clinical assistant, rugged tablet PC market for healthcare, has been developed with extensive input and feedback from […]
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Community nurses get mobile access to iPM
Community nurses at Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust have gone live with 3G technology that allows them to access its iPM system and record patient activity. A total of 60 nurses working for the community out-of-hours service in Wolverhampton have been given 3G enabled-laptops to enable remote access to the system provided by its local service provider. […]
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UK group urges rethink on drug advertising
An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans to change the rules on the information that drug companies can provide to patients. Spearheaded by consumer lobbyist Which?, the group has sent a letter to the Commission asking it to reconsider its plans to […]
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Dudley uses Soarian to identify infections
Nurses at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust are using the workflow engine embedded in Siemens’ Soarian electronic patient record system to rapidly identify and isolate patients with infections such as MRSA. Soarian interfaces with existing patient administration and departmental support systems. The workflow engine allows administrative and clinical processes to be synchronised across departments, […]
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Agfa Health has weak second quarter sales
Belgium-based Agfa-Gevaert reported that its healthcare division experienced falling sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company said that performance was down due to the strong euro, delays in its new PACS system and the high cost of silver, used in the wet film processes that still account for half the business group’s sales. […]
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EHTEL and EuroRec announce e-health symposium
The two main European e-health bodies, EHTEL and EuroRec, have announced they will hold a joint e-health planning and management symposium on 3 November, immediately ahead of the World of Health IT (WHIT) Conference. The event will be held the beginning of the WHIT Conference, 4-6 November, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The joint EHTEL and EuroRec […]
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University students to train on Cerner
The University of the West of England has agreed a partnership with Cerner to use its Academic Education Solution to train nursing and other healthcare staff on how to use its electronic patient record system, Millennium. Students at the university will be given lessons on how to use Millennium as part of a non-assessed module […]
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