King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by NCR. The touch-screen kiosks are designed to simplify checking-in and out procedures for patients. A total of 50 MediKiosks will initially be deployed this autumn in the London hospital’s dermatology, haematology, orthopedics, urology and general […]
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NHS boss puts programme tender on table
NHS chief executive David Nicholson told MPs on Wednesday that the Department of Health is going to tender for alternatives to the iSoft Lorenzo and Cerner Millennium care record systems.
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Waiting not an option
The chief executive of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust tells Jon Hoeksma why it can’t wait for NPfIT to deliver.
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Rotherham set to announce EPR contract
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is set to announce the award of a contract for a new electronic patient record system that will see it spend an estimated £30-40m over the next ten years.
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Nottingham PCT rolls out IP communications
Nottingham Primary Care trust has rolled out a modern communications network to cover the city centre, county and surrounding districts. The PCT issued a tender for a technology refresh in January 2007, indicating that it wanted to develop its infrastructure to meet emerging business needs and take advantage of new technologies. The ability to network […]
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DH wants ISO equivalent for health information
The Department of Health is tendering for an organisation to run a scheme to accredit health and social care information as part of its ongoing choice reforms in the NHS.
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Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: part two
In July, E-Health Insider visited Benenden Hospital in Kent, as it prepared to deploy an Oasis electronic patient record system. Barry Murphy provides a progress update.
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Foundation trusts tender outside NPfIT
E-Health Insider has learned that just a month after the publication of the Health Informatics Review, a number of NHS foundation trusts have begun to move to non-National Programme for IT in the NHS solutions. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust have seperately placed advertisements for electronic patient record systems […]
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Cornwall tracks theatre products digitally
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying a new patient-level resource management system from COA Solutions to help keep track of product expenditure and stock levels in its operating theatres. The system, which uses barcode scanning technology, will replace previous paper-based stock management processes, which had been considered costly and inefficient. The Patient Resource […]
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