‘IT has generated substantial savings for us’
Philipp Grätzel speaks to Uwe Pöttgen, head of corporate department IT at Asklepios, about the ‘Asklepios Future Hospital Programme’.
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E-Health Insider award winner blazes trail for NHS
Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust won the 2007 BT e-Health Insider award for Excellence in Health Information Management.
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NHS electronic record films on YouTube
Connecting for Health has launched a new channel on global video sharing website YouTube. The channel was launched to coincide with the release of a new DVD for nurses, midwives and allied health practitioners at a national CfH nursing conference last week. So far the channel features two scripted 8-10 minute films, with parts played […]
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Bainbridge warns of need for telecare
Health and social care services have five years to develop the telehealth and telecare services they will need to cope with an ageing population, Dr Mike Bainbridge, NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical architect, has warned. Speaking at a fringe session at this year’s NHS Confederation conference, Dr Bainbridge said that ageing combined with an increasing […]
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Call for new urgent care phone number
The Ambulance Service Network (ASN) has called for a new national telephone number for urgent non-life threatening calls, which would use real-time data to ensure patients needs are accurately recorded and paramedics have all the information, in its vision for emergency and acute care. Representative of all ambulance trusts in the UK as part of […]
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Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Professionals conference
Julie Tindale, NHS CFH national clinical lead for midwifery, and Barbara Stuttle, national clinical lead for nursing, outline their roles at the event.
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Royal Berkshire ‘saves £1m’ with e-rostering
New workforce management software has helped the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust to save more than £1m in the system’s first year of operation. Optimize-Roster, a new e-rostering system developed by HR software specialist Powertec jointly with the trust, interfaces with the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR). It enables staff to enter shift requests directly […]
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Survey reveals missing NHS computers
Medical equipment and computers worth tens of millions of pounds is being lost or stolen from NHS hospital wards every year, a survey has revealed. A Freedom of Information Act survey of 100 trusts by More4 News found that 522 computers or laptops had been stolen or lost over the past three years. Reporters for […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 30.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 30 May 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Ascribe announces 12 new sales in last year Ascribe has announced that during the last 12 months it has increased the customer base of its next generation hospital Web […]
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Anoto enables BlackBerry integration to digital pen
Swedish digital pen and paper specialist, Anoto, has partnered with wireless BlackBerry platform developer, PaperIQ, to enable digital pen and paper input to be wirelessly transmitted to the character recognition system. The Anoto Digital Pen Integration Kit for BlackBerry provides users with everything required to integrate Anoto’s digital pen technology with a BlackBerry smartphone application […]
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