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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Accenture signs with Agfa for PACS
Accenture, the local service provider for the NHS National Programme for IT in the North East and East of England, has signed a sub-contract with Agfa to provide Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) to the NHS across the two regions. Connecting for Health has awarded Accenture a contract worth £235 million over nine years to June 2013, […]
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iSOFT wins London deal for Radiology Information Systems
BT has awarded a £3.5 million contract to clinical IT firm iSOFT to provide Radiology Information Systems (RIS) for early deployment sites in London as part of the NHS National Programme for IT. Under the deal iSOFT will provide its Radiology Information System for use at six hospital sites in the capital. The software will […]
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Kodak announces new push into healthcare IT
Eastman Kodak this week announced plans for a concerted push into the fast-growing market for healthcare information technology with the introduction of a new portfolio of software and systems. The new approach was announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) conference in Dallas this week. Kodak’s health imaging business serving the health […]
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PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust
North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which fall in rural areas. According to Ferrania, the filmless system will have particular benefits for the trust as it will save them money and time transporting copies of files between sites, as well as cutting […]
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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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National programme PACS suppliers announced
The Department of Health has today announced that every hospital trust in England should get a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) within three years as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Some £60m of national investment will go into PACS this year, with future central funds to be announced. The shoftfall in […]
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Lothian upgrades Wise radiology solution
Lothian University Hospitals Trust is to upgrade its Radwise radiology information system (RIS) to a new web-based system with greatly enhanced functionality. The trust will be the first in Scotland to order this type of RIS from Wise Healthcare Systems’ Virtual Radiology solutions. Wise will be implementing the new Radwise 5 system and providing training […]
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ComMedica integrates RIS and medical imaging
ComMedica Limited, the web-based clinical information and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) software vendor, has launched its new Integrated PACS (I-PACS) solution, combining medical imaging with radiology information system (RIS) technology. I-PACS is said to offer hospitals a cost effective software package that allows them to manage the entire process of patient care, from […]
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Newcastle Hospitals awards Ferrania RIS/PACS contract
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust has completed a pilot procurement of community-wide Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS), in a move designed to provide a template for National programme for IT (NPfIT) procurements in PACS/RIS systems. After a competitive procurement the trust has awarded Ferrania UK’s LifeImaging division a […]
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