Rhapsody installed by three NHS trusts
Orion Health Limited, a specialist in integration and workflow technology in healthcare, has said that its Rhapsody integration engine has been adopted by three NHS trusts over the past three months. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt (RJAH) Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust have both installed Rhapsody to […]
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Spanish hospital to pilot medical tablet PC
Intel, Oracle and Orion Health have announced the launch of a pilot for a new mobile computing device, designed from the ground up for use by clinicians in hospital and community environments. The Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) is lightweight rugged tablet PC with a built in carrying handle designed to withstand the knocks […]
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HL7 UK to hold NHS systems interoperability seminars
HL7 UK, the promoter of healthcare interoperability standards, have announced they are to hold a series of free one-day seminars across June and July in Birmingham, York and London to promote healthcare systems interoperability. The events are aimed at NHS IT professionals and are designed to communicate the capabilities and best practice for the sharing […]
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Orion develop document tracking software
Orion Health are building a new document tracking solution for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to help keep track of over seven million paper records across the trust’s 15 sites. The trust needed a new portal solution to help them to improve access and filing for patient paper notes, which were becoming more […]
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CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging
Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single largest cause of blindness in the UK and is a problem in all countries where ageing populations and increasing obesity rates are leading to greater numbers of people living with diabetes. Digital retinopathy cameras provide […]
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Judge for yourself
Do electronic health records have any force in law? American correspondent Neil Versel reports from the TEPR conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Shortlist shows cream of UK e-health innovation
With just under two weeks to go before the presentation of the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 the details of shortlisted entrants are now available and listed below. Of course the category winners will not be known until the big night on 21 April when GP and broadcaster, Dr Phil Hammond, will compere the awards ceremony […]
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Walsall and Orion work on heart failure pathways
Walsall Primary Care Trust and Orion Systems have been chosen to produce a national demonstrator system for the electronic support of care delivery to heart failure patients. The development follows on from previous successful collaborations on IT to support the coronary heart disease national service framework (NSF) pathways for myocardial infarction and stroke rehabilitation. The […]
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