IMS MAXIMS awarded contract to upgrade Irish PAS system
The Irish Health Board Executive (HeBE) in Ireland has signed a contract with IMS MAXIMS to upgrade its existing shared Patient Administration System (PAS) in a move designed to enable the Irish healthcare system to migrate towards integrated electronic patient records. Owned by the Department of Health & Children and used by 48 hospitals in […]
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Oasis Live at Brighton
Capula Elan has announced that Brighton Hospital NHS Trust has gone live with its new Oasis Patient Administration System (PAS), delivered as a managed service by Siemens Healthcare Services. The project has merged two different PAS solutions, taken six months to complete and was delivered on time and to budget. The single new Oasis PAS system […]
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Good Hope Hospital Buys Oasis PAS
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust has signed a contract with Siemens Healthcare Services to provide it with a new Patient Administration System (PAS). The new system will be provided as a managed service and will be based on the Oasis PAS system, supplied by Siemens partner, Capula Elan. Features of the Oasis PAS systems to […]
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Poor IT Systems Contributing to NHS Waiting List Errors
Poor IT systems have been identified by the Audit Commission as a contributory factor leading to errors in waiting list statistics. The finding shows the impact that the NHS’s legacy of IT underinvestment is having on waiting lists – the government’s highest profile target for service improvement. Reports of the commission’s widely publicised bulletin on […]
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Brighton and Sussex selects Capula Elan
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a three-year deal to Capula Elan to modernise its ageing patient administration systems (PAS). Capula Elan will replace the trust’s existing PAS systems, supplied by Torex and IRC, with its Oasis system. The three-year contract covers two major hospital sites and six organisations. The deal is […]
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CHI Reports Emphasise Need to Align Strategy and Operations
Three new reports by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) provide a series of snapshots of how NHS trusts are tackling IM&T modernisation and harnessing information to support clinical governance. Common themes that emerge from the reports include: data quality problems, ensuring clinician involvement, aligning strategy and developments at the operational level, and implementation of […]
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Luton and Ducnstable Launches EPR System
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust has announced that it has ‘gone live’ with a new £4 million Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system. The new EPR system holds electronic records of over of over 650,000 patients, and uses the PiMS patient administration system (PAS) supplied by iSoft. Implementation of the system has taken six months. […]
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