Special Report: Cloud
Earlier this year, national bodies officially approved the use of cloud for NHS data. But does this mean NHS organisations are now embracing it wholesale? Vivienne Raper investigates.
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Digital pathology: Do we need to take the lab out of the hospital?
As Lord Carter’s pathology recommendations near a decade old, is it time to take the laboratory out of the hospital? Jane Rendall, managing director of Sectra UK and Ireland, asks the question.
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Industry news in brief
Industry nibs include nominated trusts in the running for best global digital exemplar, major contract deals and what NHS trusts spend per day on PCs.
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Two North West trusts aiming to connect diagnostics across hospitals
Two North West trusts have acquired Sectra’s PACS and VNA, with a view to more easily sharing diagnostic data between their organisations.
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Salford urges move to digital pathology
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has called for the whole of Manchester to use digital pathology services, following a successful pilot with Sectra.
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Made to measure
Dose monitoring should deliver many benefits, but it’s proving hard to sell to NHS trusts. Kim Thomas reports ahead of the annual meeting of the UK Imaging Informatics Group this autumn.
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UK dose registry ‘at planning stage’
The UK is a world leader in radiation dose monitoring, but work on a national dose registry is still at a planning stage.
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London trusts given PACS data support
London trusts due to exit picture archiving and communications systems contracts set up under the National Programme for IT may benefit from contract negotiations that are under way with their local service provider, BT.
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Sectra wins PACS and VNA deal
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a ten-year managed services contract with Sectra to deliver a picture archiving and communication system and a vendor neutral archive.
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Image exchange to host patient registry
Burnbank Systems is to extend its Image Exchange Portal to host a national patient registry based on the XDS standard.
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