SRC Software announces European expansion
A corporate performance management software supplier used in healthcare has set up a new dedicated operation to serve European customers. SRC Software says that seven out of ten of the major US hospital chains and 47 out of the top 100 healthcare institutions use its corporate performance management (CPM) solutions. In the UK, SRC counts […]
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Flu software helps plan healthcare resources
The US-based Centre for Disease Control, part of the Department for Health and Human Services, has released free software to allow healthcare professionals to plan and estimate demand for hospitalisation and health services during an influenza pandemic. FluAid 2.0, and the accompanying spreadsheet FluSurge 1.0, is based on recent scientific studies of the effects of […]
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Document software speeds up transfer to GPs
PCTI, who supply document management and filing software to general practice, have released an update to their software that promises to speed up the transfer of letters between consultants and GPs by automatically transferring and filing correspondence. The electronic document transfer (EDT) system, PCTI, piloted the update to their system in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, […]
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Decision support software review planned by NICE
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been asked by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to carry out a review of clinical decision support software. A spokesperson for NICE confirmed to E-Health Insider that a review was in the early stages of planning and development and that the NPfIT requested the review take […]
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Paediatrics software given funding injection
Isabel Healthcare has received a £1.7m funding boost to further develop its paediatric decision support software for the US market and to finalise an adult version of the software. Isabel, a diagnostic tool for paediatricians, uses pattern recognition to give alternative and likely diagnoses given lists of symptoms. It works with a series of medical […]
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New QOF software to hide data, but not for all GPs
NPfIT has developed software that automatically anonymises GP electronic patient records for audit by primary care organisations under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), in response to concerns over confidentiality from the BMA – but it will not work with all practices. The program, QOF Assessor Toolkit, will connect with the majority of GP software, […]
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Microsoft signs new software deal with NPfIT
Health minister John Hutton has announced a three-year software licensing deal with Microsoft, claiming savings for the NHS of up to £112m over the next three years. The Department of Health (DH) says that the NHS will save a whopping £330 million over the lifetime of the deal, thanks to tight negotiations led by the National […]
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Open source software could save NHS money
The Office of Government Commerce has made recommendations that public procurement of software should consider open source solutions, citing, amongst other case studies, the experience of a Dublin-based hospital that made significant savings in transferring all its software to open source. The report says that public sector bodies should “examine carefully the technical and business […]
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Haematology software wins primary care award
Software that automatically works out correct dosages of anti-coagulation drugs for patients has won the prestigious John Perry Prize from the Primary Health Care Specialist Group (PHCSG) at the British Computer Society. The prize, worth £500, was given to the INRstar system, developed by Dr Mark Sullivan and Dr Robert Treharne Jones of Sullivan Cuff […]
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Mapping software could offer way out of data maze
A software package that uses geocoding to display patient and clinican data on Ordnance Survey maps has been installed in Harrow PCT, with the hope that it will allow clearer display of resource allocation and healthcare trends across the area. Matthew Spencer, marketing manager at manufacturer Mapinfo, told EHI about what benefits the program, MapInfo Health […]
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