Hart says Welsh patients can use mobiles
Patients will be allowed to use their mobile phones in designated areas in all NHS hospitals in Wales, health minister Edwina Hart announced at the end of last week. Health boards will determine the exact arrangements to minimise potential noise and disruption for other patients. Hart also announced that current contracts with the providers of hospital phone […]
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EHI’s industry round up 31.08.2010
This month’s industry round up covers the launch of a new patient wristband from JL Group, a new clinical correspondence system from SRC, and improvements to Imprivata’s OneSign single sign-on and context management system. There is also news of contract renewals and wins, and the award of an international information security management standard to NHS […]
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Welsh cancer network prescribes with CIS
CIS Oncology has completed the roll-out of its ChemoCare prescribing solution across eight cancer centres in South West Wales. The final two hospitals, Neath Port Talbot Hospital and Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, went live recently. The system was already live in six hospitals – Singleton Hospital and Morrison Hospital in Swansea, Bronglais Hospital in […]
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Welsh Clinical Portal given go-ahead
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has given the go-ahead for the Welsh Clinical Portal, a secure online workspace for Welsh health staff. The move has been backed by £2.5m, and follows the approval of the business case for the patient portal, My Health Online, last week. The Welsh Clinical Portal is intended to display patient […]
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£1.7m for My Health Online
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced it will invest £1.7m in a bilingual website that will enable patients to book GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions online. Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, says it is developing a “bespoke NHS Wales website” with GP system suppliers, which will allow patients to interact with GPs […]
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GP suppliers to deliver IHR to Wales
Informing Healthcare has signalled a change of approach to delivering the Individual Health Record that is a key component of its IT strategy for Wales.
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Advice to Informing Healthcare
A group of international health professionals have met in Cardiff to evaluate and advise the organisation responsible for healthcare IT across Wales. The International Advisory Group made up of professionals from Canada, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Scotland and the U.S outlined nine points they wanted Informing Healthcare to take onboard to improve […]
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NHS Direct Wales ‘needs new direction’
NHS Direct Wales provides a valuable service but needs to be better integrated into the wider unscheduled care system, according to the Welsh Audit Office. A report from the Auditor General found that the health helpline is viewed as something separate to the unscheduled care system, instead of as a core part of it. It […]
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EHI’s news roundup 15.08.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 15 August features supplier news and information on newly published research reports.
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iSoft completes Welsh lab system upgrade
iSoft has completed an upgrade of laboratory information systems at nine NHS trusts in Wales, as part of a £1m contract. The contract for the technology refresh was agreed in September 2007 and includes iSoft’s latest i.Laboratory TP application, providing an InterSystems Caché environment. It ensures that all NHS trusts in Wales will run the […]
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