18 April 2008

NHS CfH joins open source health collaboration

Open Health Tools has announced a collaborative effort between national health agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organizations and companies
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16 April 2008

Philips buys Chinese patient monitoring firm

Royal Philips Electronics has acquired Shenzhen Goldway Industrial, a Chinese patient monitoring company, for an undisclosed sum. Goldway, which is
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16 April 2008

Trust uses IT to help manage ‘superbugs’

IT which reduces infection control alert times from six hours to six seconds is being deployed to help in the
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15 April 2008

Six thousand practices switch to Systems of Choice

A total of 94% of eligible practices had switched to a GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract by the deadline
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15 April 2008

Free Choice Choose and Book update delayed

The latest update to the national Choose and Book system, containing the new tools required to support patient ‘Free Choice’
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15 April 2008

Markische Kliniken hospitals implement Orbis

The Märkische Kliniken hospital group, based in southern Germany, says it has integrated medical, nursing and administrative IT processes following
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15 April 2008

Most GP systems will require security upgrades

The majority of GP clinical IT systems will not meet the Department of Health’s new data security requirements for transfer
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15 April 2008

Scotland and NI tender for patient management system

Scotland and Northern Ireland have issued a joint tender to purchase a patient management system, with rich clinical functionality, worth
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14 April 2008

Many practices still rate PBC data as poor

More than four out of ten practices still rate the quality of information they receive for practice-based commissioning as poor
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14 April 2008

Danish firm provides global PACS access

The new version of Medical Insight’s EasyViz. Danish firm Medical Insight has released a new version of its EasyViz product
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