Bedside phone enquiry likely to raise wider issues
The chief executive of hospital bedside telephone and television supplier, Patientline, has predicted that a regulatory investigation into its business will raise ‘interesting questions’ about hospital charges not only for phone calls but also for other services. In a briefing reported in the Financial Times, Patientline chief executive, Derek Lewis, hints that more profound issues than […]
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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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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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University College London NHS Trust goes wireless
University College London NHS Foundation Trust has completed installation of an advanced wireless network, thought to be the largest yet implemented in the NHS. The new Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), implemented by Aruba Networks, has been installed across the whole of the trust to support UCLH’s move to become a ‘paperless’ hospital. UCLH will […]
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Understanding e-learning
Dr Wassila Mehanna, e-learning consultant at Teknical, takes an academic perspective on the history and potential of the technology.
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NHS temp workers to get shifts by SMS
NHS human resources managers may soon be able to text temporary staff on their books with details of their vacancies, thanks to a partnership announced between a staffing management software company and an SMS paging network. Key IT Systems, which covers around 312 healthcare organisations, is to integrate a text messaging platform provided by PageOne […]
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System C goes for market listing
IT implementation solutions specialist, System C, which has been heavily involved in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), plans to float on the Alternative Investments Market (AIM) on 28 June. The company has seen a steep rise in turnover from £5.6m in 2003-4 to an estimated £18m in 2004-5 as its staff have worked to kit out […]
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Barts and The London chooses Ensemble for integration
Barts and The London NHS Trust has selected InterSystems’ Ensemble universal integration platform to integrate systems at its three hospitals in East London and the City. Ensemble will be used on a range of projects at the three prestigious London hospitals – The Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and The London Chest Hospital – […]
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iSOFT publishes strong growth figures
iSOFT the supplier of clinical software in three of the five regions of the NHS IT modernisation programme has published its preliminary results, showing that in 2005 the firm made profits before tax of £44.5 on a turnover of £262 million – almost 75% more than its 2004 turnover. The figures represent the first year of […]
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