Re-thinking theatres – how Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is transforming operating theatre processes
The journey towards better connected, paperless hospitals is entering a new phase. After years of rhetoric, the true value of Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems that capture, integrate and share crucial patient information at the point of care, is poised to hit the headlines. It’s about time.
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Special report: Theatres
Running a theatre suite more efficiently can deliver big time, cash, and quality benefits to a hospital. That puts the onus on IT, says Jennifer Trueland.
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System C works with Bluespier
System C has formed an alliance with Bluespier to launch a “tightly integrated” theatre management solution for users of its Medway electronic patient record system.
The deal is System C’s latest partnership with another supplier, as it broadens tn a
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ISoft and Picis expand in Nordics
ISoft has signed an agreement with Picis to sell, implement and support its perioperative, anaesthesia and critical care solutions across Scandinavia and Finland.
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Frimley improves theatre use
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been able to make more use of its theatres since going live with a specialised system from Picis.
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ISoft does global deal with Picis
ISoft has signed a global strategic partnership deal with Picis to provide its high acuity systems to hospitals across the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand. In the UK, iSoft will distribute, implement and provide support to customers under the National Programme for IT in the NHS and those using its legacy systems. In […]
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Frimley Park goes live with Picis
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with surgical, anaesthesia, recovery room and critical care software solutions from Picis. The trust signed a contract with Picis late in 2008 after the trust’s chief executive, Andrew Morris, went to see the system in action at William Osler Centre in Canada. It purchased eight modules […]
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Trisoft adopts Mid Essex pre-op module
Trisoft has worked in collaboration with Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and Health Enterprise East to develop a web browser based pre-assessment system, and interface it to its TheatreMan theatre management system. The original software was developed by consultant anaesthetist Dr Ronan Fenton, who wanted a replacement for the paper records that were previously […]
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Newcastle prepares for go-live
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to go-live with the electronic patient record system for which it partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre last year.
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CfH on the brink of new deals with CSC and BT
NHS Connecting for Health is on the brink of signing new renegotiated deals with its two main remaining contractors, Computer Sciences Corporation and BT.
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