Orion begins Northern Ireland ECR pilot
Orion Health has begun a one year pilot of a new proof of concept Electronic Care Record (ECR) in Northern Ireland. The one year pilot project, begun this month, will see hospitals and GP practices across two of the five Health and Social Care Trusts begin to share medical records and basic social care information […]
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iSoft launches community care solution
Australian software company, iSoft has launched an integrated management solution specifically for aged and community care organisations. The new iSoft Aged Care system provides residential and retirement components that manage care records, billing and financial, eBusiness and reporting requirements to improve patient care. The system provides the ability to link information from acute and primary […]
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Blackpool gets ‘Darzi’ style PACS
NHS Blackpool has implemented a new Agfa PACS system that enable staff working at the town’s state of the art new polyclinic to access and share diagnostic image records with staff at the local hospital trust. Implemented as an extension of Blackpool, Flyde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s existing Agfa Impax PACS, the new […]
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IBM signs Spanish healthcare deal
IBM and Telvent Global Services have signed a multi-million Euro agreement with the Castilla y Leon government in North-West Spain to improve back office management of the province’s healthcare centres. As part of the agreement a healthcare management system will be rolled out to all the health centres in order to enhance aggregated procurement from […]
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Lorenzo Primary Care announced
ISoft executive chairman and chief executive Gary Cohen has announced that a Lorenzo Primary Care will be launched next year. During a live link-up to E-Health Insider Live ’09, Cohen said iSoft would continue to develop its existing primary care products: Synergy, Ganymede, and Premiere. But he added: “Today, I am pleased to announce that […]
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Cerner completes first Spanish roll-out
US healthcare IT giant Cerner has completed the first implementation of Cerner Millennium in Spain. Hospital de Denia Marina Salud, on the East coast of Spain, went live with the electronic medical record across the whole hospital and some associated primary care clinics earlier this month, less than 18 months after selecting the system. It has implemented […]
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Tim Kelsey at E-Health Insider Live ’09
Tim Kelsey, chair of Dr Foster Intelligence, and a noted champion of the need for the state to hold and use personal data, has been announced as a keynote speaker at E-Health Insider Live ‘09.
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Best practice showcase announced
Trusts and primary care trusts from across England will be presenting at the best practice showcase at E-Health Insider Live ’09. NHS South Central will lead off by talking about the work it has been doing with Tribal to develop an information network to support pathway-based commissioning. Other participants in showcase, which is free for […]
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PHRs a hit with Indiana students
Personal Health Records have proved popular with students in a trial at The Indiana University Health Centre. According to the University some 3,100 of 7,200 incoming students – 40% of the class – have activated a PHR and entered some data, said Pete Grogg, associate director at the health center. According to Health Data Management […]
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iCS connects German healthcare providers
German Hospital, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia, has extended its contract with iSoft to implement its Collaboration Suite (iCS) portal, to help join patient information between primary and secondary care. The new contract extends a contract originally signed ten years ago and also covers the continued use of the iSoft’s hospital information system, ClinicCentre. Isoft […]
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