London payroll and Tees patient records lost
Four computer disks, containing more than seven years’ worth of payroll information for nearly 18,000 NHS staff in London, have been lost in the post. The disks disappeared in July after the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust’s payroll department sent them to McKesson, which provides it with payroll IT services. The disks were sent via the […]
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Holland aims for electronic child records
All child healthcare providers will have to introduce electronic patient records by the end of 2009. André Rouvoet, the Dutch minister for youth and family, has said all institutions and bodies dealing with the healthcare of children must be using electronic patient files by the end of 2009. The minister set out the requirement in […]
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Malta’s Mater Dei gets bedside entertainment
Irish based patient entertainment specialist, Lincor Solutions, has implemented its bedside TV and clinical access system, MEDIVista at the Mater Dei hospital in Malta, in a deal worth over €1.6m. The new system, delivered in partnership with Melita Cable, has been implemented across all 825 beds at the Mater Dei hospital and will enable patients […]
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European PACS market to reach €650m by 2014
The European Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) market is set to grow to €650m in 2014, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan. The research says the market for PACS, although mature in some parts of the region such as northern Europe, offers promising opportunities throughout the continent. The study says there […]
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Darzi’s report for the digital generation
The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges facing the NHS in the 21st century.
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Europe aims for interoperable EHRs by 2015
The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records across the continent by the middle of the next decade. At the heart of the recommendation is the premise that the basic components needed to support cross-border interoperability also apply to the local, regional and […]
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Europe aims for borderless electronic health records
The European Commission has launched two major e-health initiatives aimed at achieving interoperable e-health systems across Europe
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Scotland commits to incremental e-health
The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.
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Picis to deploy theatre systems across Madrid
The Madrid Health Ministry has chosen Picis to supply software to seven new hospitals in the region.
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JAOtech and mgate partner on bedside terminals
JAOtech and mgate partner on bedside terminals Smart terminal specialist JAOtech has signed a new technology partnership with German hospital entertainment firm mgate of Saarbrücken. The companies are working together to provide integrated hospital entertainment, communication and information services on a single infrastructure. Using mgate’s software, patients can make telephone calls, watch TV, use the […]
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