Imprivata puts in single sign-on smartcards at 11 trusts
Authentication and access management specialist Imprivata has signed up 11 trusts to use its new NHS OneSign, providing single sign on for all trust applications, after joining forces with Connecting for Health’s smartcard provider, Gemalto and smartcard software developer Intercede. Imprivata has added its single sign-on technology to CfH’s existing smartcard technology and spent six months […]
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PACS rollout to be completed by 2008
All hospitals in England will receive new Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) by 2008, the Department of Health has announced. The announcement yesterday (21 May) kicked off a week-long promotion campaign for technology in the NHS in which health ministers will be showcasing and promoting the benefits of using “cutting edge technology” in trusts […]
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Virtual Consulting Room successfully piloted
A Virtual Consulting Room offering healthcare professionals the facility to compare notes for medical consultations has been developed by staff and students at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London. The Virtual Consulting Room (VcR) is an internet-based medical consultation application, which streamlines patient care […]
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Royal Free launches GUM text appointment booking
A new text messaging service allowing patients to make appointments for treatment at a time convenient for them is to be launched at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London in the new year. The hospital’s Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual Health clinics will use the system to provide a 24-hour appointment service connected to the hospital’s existing […]
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Specialist search engine for GPs launched
A new medical search engine for GPs called SearchMedica was launched yesterday by publishers CMPMedica, who publish the GP newspaper Pulse. The aim of the free search engine is to help GPs find medical information online, with search results linked directly to the keywords searched for. Lindsay Cook, managing director of CMP information’s specialist markets […]
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Wales to receive Map of Medicine
Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT programme, has announced that it has secured Map of Medicine, a web-based clinical pathways and knowledge sharing tool, for deployment across Wales. The tool can be used by healthcare professionals to view clinical pathways across several disciplines, including A&E, mental health and palliative care. Managers and commissioners can use […]
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Log on for a late night librarian
A project that gives health professionals late-night access to librarians’expertise by using an instant messaging (IM) link between the UK and Australia has won a prestigious International Information Industry Award. ‘Chasing the Sun’, a partnership between South West Information for Clinican Effectiveness (SWICE) and South Australian Health Services Libraries’ Consortium (SAHSLC), allows clinicians in one country […]
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Information map deal secured for southern cluster
Medic-to-Medic, manufacturers of the Map of Medicine, have announced a deal with Fujitsu, the LSP for the Southern cluster, to make the software available to all clinicians within the area. The deal is part of a series of negotiations with LSPs by the company to make the software available nationally under NPfIT. The software, developed […]
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IT key to patient care, says NeLH director
The founding director of the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), Dr Muir Gray, has said that the National Programme for IT is essential for making information available where it is needed and that “knowledge is the enemy of disease". “The care records service will be central,” Dr Gray told E-Health Insider. “It’s essentially completely […]
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Virtual Consultations Could Save Unnecessary Tests
A large scale telemedicine trial published in The Lancet demonstrates that virtual outpatient appointments conducted using videoconference technology can reduce unnecessary and duplicated tests and improve patient satisfaction. Unexpectedly, however, the study did not produce a drop in the number of follow up appointments needed after the initial consultation. In fact 52% of patients in […]
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