The frustrations of GP e-mail
In the first of a new series of columns from a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes his experiences with e-mail.
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Great Yarmouth GPs use pathology e-requesting
GP practices in East Anglia are using a new order communications solution called GP RequestVision from Olympus, to request pathology tests from the nearby James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. GPs from practices in Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney are using the solution to order pathology tests online via a simple tick box style form, interfaced […]
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Cerner Ireland opens in Dublin
Cerner has opened a new office in Dublin as it prepares to implement RIS/PACS and Order Communications across parts of the Republic of Ireland later this year, and its Irish division will renamed Cerner Ireland Ltd. The company has been working in Ireland since June 2004, when St. James’s Hospital in Dublin, chose to implement […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 08.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 8 February 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, and events. Supplier news COA wins £3.6m NHSScotland deal COA Solutions has won a £3.6m contract to supply all 22 Scottish health boards with a comprehensive portfolio of financial, procurement support, business intelligence and document management software […]
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Primary care order comms pilots announced
Two pilot sites have been named as part of the primary care order communications project, which is developing the electronic ordering of pathology tests and the reporting of test results in primary care. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust’s pathology service will work with the Park Road Medical Centre, Wallington. In addition, the […]
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Dudley rolls out digital dictation
The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust is to deploy WinScribe digital dictation across the trust in a bid to reduce document turnaround times and improve efficiencies. Working with healthcare digital dictation and speech recognition solutions specialists SRC, over 350 users at the trust will be given the new equipment and full training before the […]
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Birmingham’s City hospital goes live with iPM
Birmingham’s City Hospital, part of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with iSoft’s iPM patient administration system, deployed by local service provider Computer Sciences Corporation. The trust began data migration from the legacy iSoft PIMS PAS on 11 October and went live with iPM on Monday, 15 October. The system deployed […]
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NHS Wales’ IT programme ‘getting balance right’
After an exhaustive examination of NHS Wales’ progress in IT, Gwyn Thomas seemed pleased with the reports coming back to him last week.
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iSoft add reporting tool to labs software
Users of iSoft’s i.Laboratory systems now have access to detailed management and pathology reports following the introduction of a new reporting tool. The web-based module, called Rapid Analytics and developed by iSoft and FMI Business Solutions, will be made available to all of the 150 NHS trusts using iSoft’s i.Laboratory or i.Laboratory TP software. Rapid […]
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MSoft showcases blood tracking on Second Life
One of the many landscapes residents can travel in and seek medical assistance Msoft, the electronic blood tracking specialist, has begun showcasing its technology on Second Life, the virtual online society shaped entirely by users, where they can live a parallel life. The company partnered with IBM and Linden Research to showcase its electronic blood […]
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