Ex-NHSIA chief comes home again to Wales
Gwyn Thomas, former chief executive of the now-defunct NHS Information Authority, is the new Director of the NHS Wales Informing Healthcare Programme. The general election means that Dr Thomas is not available for interview but he said in the official announcement from the National Public Health Service for Wales: “I look forward to working with […]
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Shortlist shows cream of UK e-health innovation
With just under two weeks to go before the presentation of the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 the details of shortlisted entrants are now available and listed below. Of course the category winners will not be known until the big night on 21 April when GP and broadcaster, Dr Phil Hammond, will compere the awards ceremony […]
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Northern Ireland unveils plans for electronic records
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. Costs for implementing the strategy are estimated […]
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Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy
Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls for a UK-wide IT programme. The ten year plan for health and social services information technology in Northern Ireland was announced by Angela Smith, Northern Ireland health minister. One of the main objectives of the […]
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PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust
North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which fall in rural areas. According to Ferrania, the filmless system will have particular benefits for the trust as it will save them money and time transporting copies of files between sites, as well as cutting […]
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New clinical representative groups to be established
A series of new clinical representative groups are to be established to provide a direct link for the first time between the Royal Colleges and various health professionals’ bodies and the NHS National programme for IT (NPfIT). E-Health Insider can exclusively reveal that three new bodies will be established: a new medical informatics group will […]
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Implementing PACS
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
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Welsh medical students get training smartcards
Medical students and junior doctors in Wales are to receive their own smartcards containing their employment and training details. Each card will contain occupational health and HR information and will be electronically read and updated at each workplace that the student visits. It is hoped that the new scheme will save time on administration and […]
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Life outside NPfIT: Wales
In the first part of a series, E-Health Insider looks at the developments in healthcare IT in Wales, under the Informing Healthcare programme.
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Introducing the intelligent vaccine box
A vaccines transit box that can feed back alerts when high temperatures endanger the precious cargo is expected to save money, avoid waste and prevent useless vaccines being given to patients. The Medicase reusable transit box is due to be unveiled at a meeting of the EU Information Society Technologies (IST) programme in the Netherlands in November. One version of […]
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