Talking cure
Steve Tocker from Softech Global outlines how voice recognition and digital dictation can be used in the healthcare sector, and what issues users need to remember.
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Cerner and Fujitsu deliver first South implementation
Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has become the first hospital in the South of England to go live with an electronic patient records system from Cerner, implemented by Fujitsu, under the NHS National Programme for IT. The initial implementation comes almost two years after Fujitsu was first awarded an £896 million local service provider (LSP) […]
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PACS roll-out stalls in NW and West Midlands
The roll-out programme for PACS in the North West and West Midlands of England by CSC looks in danger of stalling. Despite assurances from NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), as recently as two weeks ago, that initial implementations will begin before the end of December 2005, E-Health Insider has confirmed that none of the four […]
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Scotland-wide PACS deal goes to Kodak
NHS Scotland has awarded a national contract to Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to deliver a picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) and information management solution (IMS) across Scotland. Under the deal, signed on Friday, by 2008 every hospital in Scotland will gain the ability to easily access prior images and reports, regardless of where […]
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Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project
Eastman Kodak’s Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland’s RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate the medical imaging and information systems across five Finnish hospital districts. The €2.7m RATU project focuses on the development of e-health in Northern Finland and is funded by five hospital districts and the Finnish Ministry […]
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Study shows ROI on mobile technology in NHS
A study jointly commissioned by George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Connecting for Health into the impact of mobile technology in acute clinical environments has identified significant potential time and resource savings. The findings suggest that investment in mobile networks, devices and wireless-enabled applications can deliver a measurable return on investment (ROI) for healthcare […]
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Liverpool trust rejects delayed PACS
A leading NHS trust in the North West and West Midlands cluster has been forced to scrap its implementation of a Connecting for Health (CfH) Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), due to delays and technical problems with the system. Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust told E-Health Insider that it had taken […]
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Essex hospital installs teleradiology system
Oldchurch Hospital part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust, Essex, is installing a teleradiology system in its neurology and radiology departments which will receive images transferred over NHSnet from local sites. The LifeWeb OnNet system, supplied by Ferrania, will replace the existing technology used by the trust and will allow images to be stored […]
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James Paget gets outsider PACS
James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust in Norfolk has become the first hospital trust in England to go live with an out-of-cluster PACS system – one supplied by a local service provider from outside the trust’s region. Although the trust sits within the Eastern region of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT), last Thursday it […]
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Cash injection
After GE’s purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson investigates.
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