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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Fujitsu says ‘full steam ahead’ in South
Half of the Southern cluster’s 35 sites have agreed ‘full steam-ahead’ go-live dates to take the initial Millennium patient administration system, E-Health Insider has learned from local service provider (LSP) for the region, Fujitsu. Fujitsu’s managing director for the UK public sector, Peter Hutchinson, told E-Health Insider that the local service provider is engaged in […]
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Training Day DNAs
While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA – ‘did not attend’ – rates for patients attending hospital and GP appointments, a hidden DNA rate remains worryingly high among the staff themselves, Niall Shanahan explains.
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT
Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being offered by Fujitsu under the NHS IT Programme (NPfIT). Fujitsu, the local service provider for the South, has told E-Health Insider, that it is working with SHAs and trusts to provide them with systems that best […]
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System C buys private healthcare specialist IQ Systems
System C Healthcare has acquired private sector health IT specialists IQ Systems Services in a deal worth approximately £2m, it was announced today. IQ is a leading supplier of patient management and clinical software solutions for private treatment centres and hospitals. The company’s most popular product is IQUtopia, a purpose-built patient management, healthcare scheduling and clinical […]
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of England under the NHS IT modernisation programme. Fujitsu is the prime contractor – or local service provider (LSP) – for the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the South, responsible for upgrading NHS […]
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iSoft completes eight RIS installations in London
iSoft’s RadCentre radiology information system has been installed successfully into eight London trusts as part of a £3.9m deal with BT under the National Programme for IT, the company announced yesterday. RadCentre is iSoft’s radiology information system (RIS) designed to deliver radiology support across a multi-user computer network, enabling personal computers to be linked to […]
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Cerner deal signed to aid 18 week wait target
Healthcare information technology specialist, Cerner, will be helping trusts in North-west and South-west England to meet the government target for a maximum 18 week wait from GP referral to treatment. The US-based firm has been awarded two contracts for an integrated solution to support diagnostic imaging services based on Cerner’s PAS (patient administration system) and RIS/PACS […]
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Capex becomes Eceptionist’s UK partner
Capex Health, a systems developer and training provider, have been named as the UK partner for Eceptionist, specialists in internet based scheduling services. Eceptionist is a web-based solution from the US, already in use in the UK, that supports scheduling, telemedicine, disease and case management, care pathways, protocols and reporting for facilities and hospitals. The […]
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NHSmail to migrate users to Mirapoint server
NHSmail is to migrate to a new message server and infrastructure after suppliers Cable and Wireless signed a contract with infrastructure provider Mirapoint. The new system was piloted on an initial 200,000 accounts. C&W plan to migrate all 1.3m users of NHSmail over the next 12-18 months, and all users will still be able to […]
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