Uni-NHS link up creates mapping tools
A new visual process mapping technique that can be used to capture and improve hospital systems has been developed as the result of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between NHS Fife and the University of Stirling. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships bring UK business and higher education together. The Fife project saw a computing graduate, Mike Ghattas, work […]
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Gap between SCR concept and reality
The gap between the concept of the NHS Summary Care Record and the reality of implementing it will continue to be the focus of its evaluation programme. Patricia Greenhalgh, professor of primary care at University College London, which was commissioned to evaluate the SCR early adopters, told yesterday’s Healthcare Interoperability conference that the evaluation programme […]
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DigiTV receives EC funding for telecare
A digital TV initiative for public services run by Kirklees Council has won European Commission funding to develop interactive health and social care services.
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Carestream supports Ebay for radiologists
Carestream Health is to provide technical infrastructure to the European Union-funded project to create an Ebay-style online market for radiology services.
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Nij Smellinghe hospital to install Carestream archiving
Nij Smellinghe Hospital in Drachten, The Netherlands, has chosen Carestream Health to provide it with a hosted information management system to enable it to remotely archive patient diagnostic imaging data.
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Virtualisation at the Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians has implemented a complete virtual desktop and server consolidation strategy in a bid to reduce costs and speed up deployment. Using a programme based on the VMware Infrastructure platform, the college has consolidated its server estate from multiple locations to one central datacentre containing HP blades, and established a data […]
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UK doctors demand IT for cross-border care
The British Medical Association has called for a single web-portal to be created to provide European citizens with information on cross-border care. In its response to the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on the application of patients’ rights to cross-border healthcare, the BMA, which represents UK doctors, says patients will need much more information […]
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Rhön Klinikum says EPR key to particle therapy
German hospital group Rhön Klinikum AG, believes its new web-based electronic patient record will be a key success factor for its €120m new centre for particle therapy.
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital delivers to midwives
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is testing a remote access solution for midwives using a new “office on stick” from Nortel. The trust is giving eight community midwives their own, lightweight Dell laptops with 3G wireless datacards so they can access medical notes and capture key data from patient’s homes. They will get access to […]
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Testing, testing
Informing Healthcare has opened new research laboratories in Swansea. Lyn Whitfield paid them a visit.
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