What’s on telly? Salford patients access clinical care on TV
The programme is being trialled by Salford care Organisation respiratory patients, giving them remote support without the need for laptops or smartphones.
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University of Salford academic wins international award for services to nursing informatics
University of Salford lecturer Dr Nick Hardiker has won the Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award for his contribution to nursing informatics.
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Andy Kinnear: has writer’s block
Our columnist can think of nothing to talk about. Except for the exemplars. Or the Wachter Review. Or Salford. Or professionalism. Or Europe. Or new developments at the BCS. Or pies…
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Wrightington picks Allscripts EPR
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Allscripts as its preferred supplier for a new electronic patient record system to provide clinicians with a “heads-up display” of real-time information.
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Allscripts wants “smart trusts”
Allscripts wants to work with trusts that know what success looks like, the company’s managing director for Europe has said, as the supplier looks to win more trusts in the UK.
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South Manchester does deal for iBleep
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has signed a three year deal with iBleep for its communication and task management system.
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Royal Bolton gets funding for iBleep
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has secured funding of £170,000 from its strategic health authority to implement iBleep. The trust will be the third in the country to implement the web-based, interactive messaging system. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust signed a deal for iBleep in September. The system provides […]
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EHI’s industry round up 31.05.2010
This month’s industry round up includes news of the savings that Mid Yorkshire Hospitals is making with a Salford Software identity management solution, new business for Cisco and HD Clinical, and contract wins for providers of e-rostering, asset management and e-learning software. Mid Yorks saves with identity management Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has said […]
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Twitter is trending in the NHS
Only a third of primary care trusts are using social media to communicate with patients, according to a survey conducted by NHS Salford. The primary care trust conducted a survey of England’s 148 PCTs last month and found 36% are on the social networking site Facebook and 28% are using Twitter. NHS Salford said most […]
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NME at the gate
Sarah Bruce surveys the state of the National Programme for IT in the NHS in the North, Midlands and East of England, where the battle is to get Lorenzo live.
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