NHS Scotland ready for national PACS roll out
The Scottish Executive has announced that national deployment of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) across Scotland will begin this month after successful pilots in hospitals across Glasgow and Dumfries and Galloway. Over the next two years every hospital in Scotland will receive a new system from Carestream Health [formerly Kodak Health], which will […]
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IBA boss: battle has just begun
Gary Cohen, the Australian chief executive of IBA Health, has good reason to celebrate – IBA Health is now poised to take control of Britain’s iSoft.
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NHS budget to reach £110 billion by 2011
The NHS is to receive an increased budget from £90 billion this year to £110 billion by 2010-11, an increase of 4%, the Chancellor announced on Tuesday. The additional investment should help the service realise savings of around £8.2 billion by 2010–11 with new technology helping to contribute to this. A £100m innovation fund is […]
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Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation
In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and called for an audit of the programme to ensure it supports wider health service modernisation. The report warns that considerable challenges lie ahead in modernising NHS IT systems and says there is "continuing […]
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Microsoft launches CUI internationally
Microsoft has today launched its health Common User Interface (CUI), designed to help improve patient safety and the efficiency of clinicians by providing them with a standard user interface for clinical systems. Developed in partnership with the English NHS the CUI is now available to all healthcare developers around the world at no cost at […]
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Arden Cancer Centre extends EMR
Cancer care staff at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust should be able to access electronic medical records for all patients by Christmas. The trust use Impac’s Electonic Medical Record (EMR) software, delivered by Elekta, to create and keep a full electronic record of every cancer patient that visits one of their clinics. […]
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Brighton and Sussex deploys digital dictation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has deployed new digital dictation and speech recognition software which will fully integrate with their existing patient administration system (PAS). The trust has rolled out the WinScribe digital dictation system from suppliers, SRC, across the trust, covering 25 departments and over 800 users. The aim of the system is to improve […]
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CfH awards BT contract to replace NSTS
A new service developed by BT, called the Demographics Batch Service (DBS) is set to replace the NHS Strategic Tracing Service (NSTS) batch trace in summer 2008. The new system will provide access to the Personal Demographics Service (PDS) for all trusts using legacy systems not already linked to the PDS. Ultimately it will be […]
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Community network for St Helens and Knowsley
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link all the healthcare providers in the region. The trust has signed a five year contract with ntl:Telewest Business to provide the community network, which will link 170 sites across the region. Through introducing the new […]
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Leicester upgrades Euroking maternity system
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has agreed a deal to upgrade its current EuroKing maternity information system to the new E3 version of the software. The trust, which is said to have the busiest maternity department in Europe, will upgrade its maternity system ahead of becoming one of the first trusts to take […]
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