South Manchester selects Imprivata for SSO
GE PACS system with Imprivata’s OneSign SSO technology University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Imprivata OneSign for single sign-on, including fast user switching capabilities. Around 4,500 of the trust’s staff will eventually be given access to the OneSign Platform, which will speed up access to patient information and provide full audit […]
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Yorkshire HIS audits software assets electronically
The Health Informatics Service, which provides IT services to 12 healthcare organisations across South West Yorkshire, can now electronically audit all the software and devices in its area, using the Centennial SAM.Suite. IM&T portfolio manager, Neil Asling, told E-Health Insider that manual audits were taking engineers weeks to complete and the service was unable to […]
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Access to NHS care records may be widened
The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies including private sector organisations.
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EHI’s news roundup 27.06.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 27 June 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news NHS Choices launches women’s health guide NHS Choices launched a new guide to women’s health in the age bracket of 18-39, aimed at helping women find out more about maintaining a […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 06.06.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 06 June 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Barts and the London School uses TurningPoint interactive assessments Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry has announced that it has chosen Turning Technologies interactive assessment tool, […]
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Imprivata secures 35 NHS SSO deals
Single-sign on specialist, Imprivata, is now working with 35 acute NHS trusts, enabling all desktop applications to be accessed using just one set of log-in details through its OneSign application. Onesign is being deployed across the NHS to enable clinicians to access vital patient information as quickly, easily and securely as possible. It ensures that […]
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McAfee wins contract for NHS data encryption
NHS Connecting for Health has selected security software specialist McAfee to provide solutions for endpoint desktop encryption and port control, to protect confidential data on NHS computers and mobile devices. The announcement comes in response to NHS chief executive David Nicholson’s December instruction to all NHS trust chief executives to immediately review and tighten their […]
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Suppliers set out vision for ASCC
EHI spoke to a number of ASCC lot 2 suppliers to see what they hope to achieve from the new framework. Joe Fernandez reports.
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Peterborough choose McKesson for HR and Payroll
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected McKesson Shared Services to support its HR and Payroll functions. Using McKesson Shared Services will mean they have first-line support for all administration tasks associated with the day-to-day functions of HR and Payroll using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), which McKesson provides under a national […]
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Scotland to pilot new sexual health system
A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in NHS Lanarkshire, with NHS Ayrshire and Arran to follow. The system, based on AxSys Technology’s Excelicare product, will provide a common IT platform supporting specialist sexual health services for 12 NHS Boards across Scotland. A […]
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