CfH lead says standards important but not enough
Defining standards is important but it is not sufficient, a leading Connecting for Health officer told delegates at a conference on sharing clinical documents and integrating workflow. Jeremy Thorp, Connecting for Health’s director of information systems and business architecture, was speaking at a meeting organised by the IHE-UK Organisation and the British Computer Society, running […]
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Sweden chooses InterSystems for NPO
The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.
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Carestream updates Information Management Solution
A new version of Carestream Healthcare’s Information Management Solution (IMS) unveiled at the European Congress of Radiologists this month, is to be made available worldwide in the second quarter of this year. The company says that the update will offer healthcare providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other patient documents, while also facilitating the integration […]
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Google Health unveils electronic record pilot
Google is piloting a system which lets patients transfer their existing medical information to its new online Personal Health Record.
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CfH expand ETD course offerings
Connecting for Health has announced two new additions to its Education, Training and Development (ETD) series, to be launched next month. The agency will be introducing the Essential IT Skills (EITS) Programme on 3 March to replace its European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) service, which is due to close on 21 March. The EITS Programme […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 04.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 4 January, featuring supplier news, appointments, acquisitions and awards. Supplier News Manpower Software wins North West Wales NHS Trust contract Manpower Software has won a contract to deploy its MAPS Healthroster software at the North West Wales NHS Trust. The software allows users to create […]
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Connected Santa comes to Great Ormond St.
Cisco made a few Christmas dreams come true at Great Ormond Street this week, bringing Santa Claus to the playroom.
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Mobiles help teen cancer patients stay in touch
Mobile computing technology could help adolescents coping with cancer keep in touch with their social world and reduce isolation, according to German researchers. Jan Marco Leimeister, Uta Knebel, and Helmut Krcmar from the Technische Universität, Munich, describe in the International Journal of Web Based Communities, their exploration of how mobile information technology could be used […]
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Cisco looks ahead to ‘virtual healthcare’
Network technology and services giant Cisco has a ‘vision’ of the services and capabilities required to make e-health a reality, Joe Fernandez reports.
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EHI’s industry news roundup 09.11.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 9 November, featuring supplier news, events, product launches, appointments and acquisitions. Supplier News Humber Mental Health streamlines IT services Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust has selected Supportworks ITSM from Hornbill Systems for use by its centralised service desk. The support desk has 18 staff […]
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