European healthcare IT outsourcing set to grow
A new market report has predicted that rising healthcare costs and the rising complexity of healthcare IT systems will compel European hospitals to outsource their IT needs. The Frost & Sullivan report also says that increasing public sector support of IT modernisation initiatives across Europe are creating “significant opportunities” for healthcare IT vendors and service […]
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Talking cure
Steve Tocker from Softech Global outlines how voice recognition and digital dictation can be used in the healthcare sector, and what issues users need to remember.
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ClinPhone voted best outsourcing deal
Software that enables patients taking part in clinical trials to report data over the phone has won a major industry award. ClinPhone won the Best e-Business/IT Solution category in the 2005 European Outsourcing Awards for its electronic Patient Reported Outcomes solution (ePRO). The software collects data from patients over the phone, offering an alternative to […]
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Lab survey settles on best LIMS software
A survey conducted of laboratory information systems by consultancy firm Feltham Associates has placed Technidata’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) top in customer satisfaction. Dave Simm, general manager of Technidata, said he was "extremely pleased" with the results of the report, calling at a "major vote of confidence" from his users. The TD-Synergy system received […]
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CliniSys acquires European LIMS leader
Pathology software solutions provider, CliniSys, has acquired MIPS, one of the largest and most successful suppliers of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) in mainland Europe. MIPS dominates the market in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and has made inroads into the French, German and Spanish markets in the past three to four years. CliniSys say […]
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22 NHS organisations convert to shared services
The joint venture between outsourcing and technology specialists, Xansa ,and the Department of Health which offers shared finance and accounting services has attracted 22 NHS organisations since it started work. Xansa’s annual report says that since the joint venture, NHS Shared Business Services, was announced in October 2004, the number of NHS organisations using the financial and […]
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NHS contract delays hit TATA growth
Another commercial player in the National Programme for IT, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), has reported lower than average financial figures that confirm implementation delays. TCS, an international outsourcing firm headquartered in Mumbai, India, reported an unusual revenue slowdown in their European operations, which they attributed to delays in implementing core solutions within the NHS. TCS […]
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NHS Shared Business Services on launchpad
Xansa has announced that it is to formally launch NHS Shared Business Services, its joint venture with the Department of Health in which some back-office financial services will be computerised and outsourced, on schedule on 1 April 2005. A total of 47 of eligible NHS organisations have signed up for the project. As part of […]
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Version One updates document imaging with OCR
Version One has announced a new version of its document imaging software used by a number of NHS trusts that allows invoice and purchase order data to be automatically scanned by optical character recognition (OCR). The DbArchive system, which was announced on Thursday at a briefing at the House of Commons, also features image conversion […]
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Electronic medical records top priority for US
US healthcare IT executives have named implementing a paperless electronic medical record (EMR) their top priority in the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) leadership poll. Nearly two-thirds of healthcare IT executives said their organisation planned to implement an EMR in the next two years, according to the 16th annual HIMMS leadership survey. […]
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