Shortlist announced for E-Health Innovation Awards
After an intense round of presentations and judging, the shortlist for the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 has been agreed. Winners have been chosen among the finalists listed below, but their names will not be revealed until the Awards ceremony and dinner on 21 April 2005. Compered by GP, writer and broadcaster, Dr Phil Hammond, the […]
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North-west GPs to view test results over NHSnet
GPs in the Liverpool area will be able to see the pathology and radiology results of their patients over NHSnet, thanks to the implementation of browser-based access to test results. The Review software, provided by Indigo 4, was installed across Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust, making the total number of trusts in the north-west running the […]
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Welsh hospital trust looks to merge patient records
Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust has installed a system that allows patient details to be stored on a central server, transferred between departments and synchronised automatically when they change. The MultiVue system from VisionWare, which runs on a Microsoft BizTalk Server, links the pathology, radiology and critical care clinical information systems with the PAS. According […]
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Pathology links system said to be unsafe
The pathology links system is delivering inappropriately coded results in England which make it clinically unsafe because the codes used do not detail the result of the tests performed, a leading GP IT representative is warning. Dr Paul Cundy, a GP in Wimbledon and joint chairman of the GPC/RCGP IT committee, said the GPC has […]
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EMRs reduce visits for primary and specialist care
The introduction of electronic medical records (EMRs) reduced visits to primary and specialist outpatient care in two regions covered by the US health maintenance organisation Kaiser Permanente, according to a new study. Both regions – Colorado with 367,795 Kaiser Permanente members and Northwest with 449,728 – experienced significant decreases in use of services over the two […]
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UCLH goes live
UCLH is the first to go live with Carecast from IDX; what can other trusts learn from the experience? E-Health Insider speaks to chief executive Robert Naylor.
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ComMedica finalises £33m PACS deal with CSC
ComMedica, the healthcare IT specialist originally spun out from Imperial College, London, has signed a £33m contract with CSC to supply its Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) imaging software to NHS trusts in England’s North-west and West Midlands. The eight and a half year contract will involve ComMedica providing PACS to the CSC Alliance […]
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Speak for yourself
New developments in speech recognition technology could make it a useful tool for clinicians, says Marcel Wassink of Philips.
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GE wins £110m PACS contract for South of England
GE Healthcare has signed with Fujitsu Services Ltd to provide Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) across the whole of the Southern region of the English National Health Service under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The agreement will see GE healthcare implement PACS technology that will enable the conversion of hospitals and clinics to […]
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Implementing PACS
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
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