Essex River implement remote access for radiologists
Radiologists at the Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust are able to view PACS images remotely thanks to a new secure remote access solution from infrastructure specialists Eurodata. The trust wanted a solution that would help to make access to images faster and available from any PC, not just the desktops within the hospital site. Until […]
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Liverpool Women’s get WiFi ticket to roam
Liverpool women’s has become the latest trust to become a wireless hotspot. Joe Fernandez looks at the benefits of being able to roam and treat.
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Call to use more everyday technology in health
Healthcare should embrace everyday technologies and challenge clinical boundaries by using them, a senior academic told the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate. Dr Jonathan Kay, a professor of health informatics at the City University, London, said that healthcare was too afraid of most everyday technologies but their success as external commodities could easily be applied […]
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Birmingham PCT extends electronic incident reporting
Birmingham East and North PCT has contracted with risk management systems developers Vantage Technologies to implement its web-based Sentinel reporting software. Sentinel is a risk management tool which has enabled Birmingham East and North (BEN) PCT to record and manage incidents more effectively and conveniently, and also provides the data for analysis to help identify incident […]
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Hounslow PCT launches remote access
Network integration specialist Scalable Networks has teamed up with Hounslow Primary Care Trust to set up a new home and roaming access service for 700 staff. The system has been set up to prepare the trust for its implementation of CSE-Servelec’s web-based Electronic Care Record system, RiO, at the end of next month. RiO will allow […]
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Call for national standards on remote access
GPs are calling for national standards on remote access to practice computer systems because of concerns that present methods could potentially put patient data at risk. Dr Paul Bromley, a GP in Leek, Staffordshire, and colleagues from the EMIS National User Group are unhappy that the current arrangements delegate decision-making to primary care trusts (PCTs) […]
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Bedford Hospital gets remote access
Scalable Networks, a provider of secure network solutions, has announced the completion of a remote access solution for up to 1,500 staff Bedford Hospital NHS Trust. The first phase of the remote access system has already been rolled out to clinical staff, including pharmacists and radiologists at the hospital. The remote access solution should be […]
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Tablet tests
How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and an EPR manager review the Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook P1510.
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OT e-catalogue speeds up equipment orders
A local occupational therapy and community equipment service (OTCES) has won an award for making the detailed information in its electronic product catalogue available to professionals outside its equipment and adaptation service. The web-enabled service at Southend on Sea in Essex provides all commissioning professionals with information about equipment features, manufacturers’ instructions and advice forms about […]
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Gloucestershire NHS staff get mobile access to EPR
One of the key issues facing local health communities is how to cost-effectively provide all staff with easy access to key clinical and administrative applications at the point of care. Gloucestershire Health Community has shown how community-based staff can be provided with easy access to key systems and electronic patient records over a very ‘thin […]
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