Newchurch Launches E-Booking Module
Newchurch Limited has announced the launch of the e-booking module of its Primary Care Information Solution (PCIS). The new e-booking tool is said to provide patients with a more responsive service and save time and money by reducing missed appointments. Developed by Newchurch’s Belgium-based partner, e-scheduling specialistUltraGenda , the e-booking module will enable healthcare professionals […]
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Conservatives Detect Panic on Healthcare IT
A Conservative health spokesperson has told E-Health Insider that he is worried the NHS National Programme for IT is too big, has resulted in local progress grinding to a halt, and threatens to squeeze out local priorities. He calls for the programme to be broken down into more manageable pieces that better reflect local service […]
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Optimum HealthWare Wins North Cheshire Contract
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract to Optimum HealthWare for its MultiVue patient indexing tool to provide a single view of patients’ details across multiple systems and sites. The trust, formed from a merger of Halton and Warrington Hospitals, has patient administration, clinical and departmental legacy systems, each with their own patient […]
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Portsmouth Predicts Savings from Clinical Workflow System
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has announced it has implemented an XML-based clinical workflow system, which it anticipates will help support early discharges, reduce the average length patient stays in hospital and deliver cost savings. Clinical IT solutions provider, Graphnet, has developed and implemented the new clinical workflow system in the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) at […]
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In Practice Systems and in4tek Partner to Deliver ICRS
In Practice Systems and in4tek have formed a partnership in order to jointly provide an integrated PCT/StHA solution to meet the expanding needs of the NHS National Programme “Delivering 21st Century IT Support for the NHS”. The two companies say that the new partnership will enable them to offer a solution able to address all aspects of […]
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Mid-Staffs Selects iSOFT for EPR
Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a ten-year managed service contract with iSOFT to implement and manage a trust-wide EPR system covering two hospitals. The contract includes the supply and implementation of a complete EPR solution and will support in excess of 2,400 users at Staffordshire General Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital. Replacement of […]
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The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You
Last week, E-Health Insider asked for responses to the new NHS IT Director General, Richard Granger’s reported advice to suppliers that they should desist from rocking the boat or publicly questioning the national programme – or else. Never before has a single topic generated such a lively response from our readers. Here are some extracts […]
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iSOFT Buys E-booking Specialist Revive
iSOFT Group Plc, the UK healthcare IT firm, has acquired Revive Group Ltd, a leading supplier of e-booking solutions to the NHS. The move sees iSOFT move into a new application area central to the national NHS IT programme. The national programme includes a commitment to enable GPs to book hospital appointments for patients on-line, […]
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Newchurch Brings E-Scheduling to Primary Care
Primary care IT system supplier Newchurch Ltd has announced a partnership with Belgium-based electronic scheduling specialists UltraGenda, to incorporate its e-scheduling system into the Newchurch Primary Care Information Solution (PCIS). The integration of Ultragenda’s e-scheduling system into Newchurch’s PCIS will for the first time enable patients to schedule primary care appointments online, using an easy-to-use, […]
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Panther Takes Aim at Citrix in Health
The DAT Group has launched to the healthcare market Panther Server 2002, as an affordable alternative to Citrix Metaframe, and has appointed Centrom as its exclusive partner for the healthcare IT market. Like Citrix, Panther is a new Enterprise Management Platform for remotely delivering and managing Windows-based applications to client desktops across a network. Leading […]
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