PAC gives NPfIT six months to deliver CRS
The National Programme for IT in the NHS should be given six months to get effective care record systems into acute trusts, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
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Jordan picks Perot to help implement VistA
Perot Systems Corporation has been selected by the Kingdom of Jordan to manage the pilot deployment of the open source clinical information system VistA at two hospitals and a clinic in the capital, Amman. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan plans to develop an integrated national healthcare infrastructure using VistA a single software platform. Terms of […]
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Fuji Film acquires Russian subsidiary
Fuji Film Corporation has acquired its Russian distributor of medical and imaging products. The acquisition, carried out through its European local corporation, Fuji Film Europe GmbH, will see the company buy Fuji Film-RU (herefater, Fujifilm Russia), a Russian independent distributor of its medical and imaging products, from Marubeni Corporation. The deal establishes a direct sale […]
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Paediatrics application system glitch
National software used by doctors to apply for specialist training posts in paediatrics has been suspended after faults were discovered with the system. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said it had experienced a technical problem with its online recruitment system and closed the application process temporarily. The RCPCH discovered that “in a […]
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Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS
Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The solution integrates with the hospital’s Cerner HIS/RIS, creating a paperless, filmless workflow for patients and care providers. In addition to being installed at the main hospital site, the iSite PACS also […]
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SNOMED made free to low income countries
Free licenses for the use of SNOMED CT are to be made available to users in 47 low income countries, under an international initiative announced this week to spread use of health information standards. The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) said it will make the affiliate Licenses for the use of SNOMED CT […]
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EU sets e-health map for 2009
Ilias Iakovidis and Michael Palmer tell E-Health Europe’s Outi Alapekkala how e-health will develop in 2009 and far beyond.
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HL7 releases child health EHR standard
Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic health record (EHR) system. The HL7 child health functional profile for EHR systems, builds on the HL7 EHR system functional model. It is the first for children approved by […]
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Antwerp selects Agfa for cardiovascular imaging
The University of Antwerp Hospital has awarded a contract with Agfa to provide it with enhanced cardiovascular diagnostic imaging and reporting. Agfa HealthCare will install its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution, providing enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department. The deal is for eight-years and includes maintenance and […]
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German e-tendering for health launched
Three German procurement associations have banded together to launch a new e-tendering system called ‘eVergabe’, which has been developed by the Hessian software provider Healy Hudson. Like many other public authorities, hospitals often have to carry out European wide tenders. Furthermore, they have to operate increasingly economically without letting the quality of their work suffer. […]
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