Additional suppliers catalogue tender released
Connecting for Health has today issued its tender for bids to join the catalogue of ‘additional systems suppliers’. The tender in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for an ‘Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) Framework Agreement’ is open to a maximum of 500 suppliers, for a period of up to four years. […]
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Security concerns hit Scottish cervical cytology system
The roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system for Scotland could be delayed after GPs discovered that practice staff would be able to view the test results for all women in Scotland. The gaping hole in the security of the Scottish Cervical Screening Call Recall System has only just emerged, just months ahead of […]
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Kodak announces mammography archive partnership
Kodak has announced a partnership with the US-based National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) to create new solutions enabling hospitals to better manage, archive and process images and information related to mammography screening. The aim of the collaboration is to “support the European mammography market’s transition from analog imaging to digital imaging and information technology.” The […]
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Revised plan for ‘sealed envelopes’ published
Sealed envelopes are likely to become available from 2008/9, according to the latest briefing paper from NHS Connecting for Health which outlines plans to allow patients to make clinical information invisible if they choose. The revised plans for sealed envelopes mean that patients can opt to have sensitive information “sealed” or “sealed and locked” from […]
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Heart of England invests in digital retinopathy
Information management and storage specialists, EMC Corporation, have implemented two EMC Centera content storage systems at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust to b e able to more effectively store and provide rapid access digital diabetic retinopathy images. One hundred Birmingham and Black Country community-based optometrists will be participating in a regional diabetic retinopathy […]
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Thousands call NHS Direct in poisoning fear
Thousands have been in contact with NHS Direct fearing they may have been contaminated by the radioactive material used to kill former spy Alexander Litvinenko. An NHS Direct spokesperson told E-Health Insider that since Litvinenko’s death on Thursday, they have had almost 700 calls and 5000 people visiting their website. “So far our figures for calls, […]
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NHS Scotland signs £300m deal with Atos Origin Alliance
A consortia lead by Atos Origin has been awarded a £300m contract to be NHS Scotland’s Information Management and Technology Support Services Partner for the next 11 years. The contract covers the supply, administration and management of both the national and some local IT services to NHS Boards across Scotland. The agreement will start from […]
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Online care pathways for cancer developed
The NHS Cancer Services Collaborative ‘Improvement Partnership’ (CSCIP) has developed a national electronic information pathway designed to point cancer patients and health professionals towards relevant and useful information, whatever the stage of the illness. The site, which was developed using feedback from patients, GPs and cancer care specialists, is continually updated and is based on […]
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EuroKing launches Miracle in Scotland
Maternity information systems suppliers EuroKing has partnered with bms (Scotland) Ltd in a bid to get the company’s Miracle system used more widely in Scotland following a recent NHS announcement changing the way maternity scans take place in the country. Scotland’s NHS Quality Improvement Board has recommended that by 2007 every pregnant woman in Scotland should be offered […]
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Web clinic gains Healthcare Commission registration
An online sexual health clinic that offers postal testing and email consultations is claiming to be the first online medical service to be registered by the Healthcare Commission. DrThom is a private clinic and was set up four years ago by Dr Thomas Van Every, who works in an NHS sexual health clinic in […]
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