£100K savings on Plymouth data management
The Plymouth Healthcare Community claims £100,000 worth of capital investment savings by deploying a new data storage solution to ensure full backup of its 18 terabyte data centre. The community estimates that its Falcon IPStor virtualisation platform has reduced labour costs and time by the equivalent of one storage administrator, while the flexibility of the […]
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IT vital to deliver care closer to home, DH says
Fast and efficient communication between primary and secondary care systems is needed to enable care to be delivered closer to home, the Department of Health says in its new ‘Shifting Care Closer to Home’ report. “Technology is supporting the effective delivery of integrated care closer to home, and freeing up consultant time to manage more […]
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT
Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States of America healthcare system. Initial results suggest the accreditation of electronic patient record systems is leading to financial incentives for their adoption, and helping drive spread of key functionality such as order communications. Speaking at […]
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Bulgaria launches eCard prescriptions project
Bulgaria has begun an online electronic prescriptions project using a citizen-held e-health card. The first online transaction, carried out earlier this month, marked the official launch of the Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard) providing citizens with access to e-health services, beginning with e-prescriptions. Bulgaria’s first eCard pilot includes seven physicians, four pharmacies and 1,000 patients who […]
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dbMotion extend interoperability in Franche-Comté
The French region of Franche-Comté is to receive an expanded interoperability platform based on their Personal Medical File (DMP-fc) system, supplied by Israeli-firm dbMotion. dbMotion’s interoperability platform is a complete package that creates an integrated Virtual Patient Record, based on information contained in existing healthcare IT systems such as: electronic medical records, laboratory and imaging […]
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IBM uses 3D imaging to visualise patient records
Researchers at IBM have developed new visualisation software that will allow doctors to view personal medical records on an animated human body.
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MSoft showcases blood tracking on Second Life
One of the many landscapes residents can travel in and seek medical assistance Msoft, the electronic blood tracking specialist, has begun showcasing its technology on Second Life, the virtual online society shaped entirely by users, where they can live a parallel life. The company partnered with IBM and Linden Research to showcase its electronic blood […]
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Siemens signs major contract for electronic patient records
In one of the largest European private electronic patient record (EPR) deals to date Siemens and German private hospital group Rhoen Klinikum AG have agreed to implement up to one million web-based EPRs per year for the customers of Rhoen’s medical facilities. The whole project covers at least 46 Rhoen hospitals as well as a […]
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Southampton links walk-in centres
Southampton City Primary Care Trust has connected its three walk-in centres to a new community-wide network of electronic patient records, provided by Clinical Solutions. The new system will help the three walk-in centres operate as a single virtual organisation. Patients can be seen as soon as possible in any of the three centres as staff […]
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NICE looks at pathways to electronic guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is looking at new ways of providing its guidance electronically – and wants clinicians’ help to get it right. NICE is currently recruiting users of its guidance to a virtual community providing feedback on its electronic guidance access project (EGAP). If a pilot programme running until […]
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