InPS claims increased market share
InPractice Systems (InPS) have announced an increase of market share in its primary care information software Vision 3 that now represents 20% of GP practices, and new installations in all LSP areas in England. Max Brighton, managing director of InPS, said: “This sales growth highlights the benefits and efficiency gains that Vision delivers to users […]
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Great Ormond Street selects Tomcat for cardiac system
Belfast-based Tomcat Clinical Systems, the supplier of specialist Cardiac Information Systems has signed a contract with London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children to supply a paediatric Cardiac Information System. The TOMCAT system manages the information relating to all aspects of a patient’s cardiac treatment and is now in use in hospitals across the UK […]
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Voxar provides Bournemouth with 3D PACS view
Edinburgh-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) software specialist Voxar, has won a contract to supply the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s radiology department with its 3D imaging software. Voxar’s imaging software allows the rapid rendering and display of 3D medical scan images from computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) on […]
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The productivity guessing game
Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity – but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether current efforts to measure improvements will win any medals.
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Agfa set to replace GE on PACS in North East and Eastern
Three months after health minister John Hutton announced the award of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) contracts for the five National Programme for IT (NPfIT) clusters, it now seems certain that contracts for at least two clusters will now be awarded to Agfa rather than GE Medical Systems as originally thought. An NPfIT spokesperson […]
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Survival tips for SMEs post NPfIT awards
There is still a market for small and medium players in healthcare IT but the name of the game is process and cultural change, not trying to sell technology and systems. That was the message for delegates at a conference for SMEs trying to get to grips with the new healthcare ICT market in England […]
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BT Syntegra names Axios Systems as help desk partners
Axios Systems’ assyst software has been selected by BT Syntegra as its help desk and IT service management system for the NHS central data ‘spine’ and the London cluster. The service desks will be set up and managed from BT Syntegra’s UK service centre based in Leeds. Ailsa Symeonides, Axios Systems’ sales and marketing director, […]
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Europe’s largest healthcare e-market created
D.Logistics AG of Germany and Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC have announced that they are to merge their respective European operations, PLC GmbH (PLC) and Global Healthcare Exchange BVBA, to create a single electronic marketplace for European healthcare. D. Logistics and GHX LLC will each own 50 percent of the newly formed company, which will be […]
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Misys Healthcare Systems extends UK operations
Clinical software firm, Misys Healthcare Systems has announced today the opening of its UK headquarters office in Sussex and the appointment of Duane Lawrence as general manager and head of UK International Sales. Misys says its new UK HQ will enable it to better serve NHS customers. Lawrence, who will lead the new Misys Sussex […]
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Wirral Connects to Online Bed Vacancy Service
Wirral residents and care homes are set to benefit from a new online service designed to simplify the process of locating suitable residential care beds and help reduce one of the causes of bed blocking in hospitals. The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is set to begin using an online and email bed vacancy service, called […]
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