7 November 2007

Five million patients referred through C+B

Connecting for Health (CfH) says Choose and Book has now been used to refer over five million patients into specialist
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7 November 2007

Worthing says PAS teething problems over

Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS Trust says it has resolved initial teething problems of its new Cerner Millennium patient administration
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6 November 2007

SUS blasted as ‘not fit for purpose’

The Secondary Uses Service (SUS) is not fit for purpose and is failing to provide GP practices and PCTs with
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6 November 2007

GP claims PDS increases information theft

The practice of extracting confidential patient information from GP practice staff has become much more frequent since the introduction of
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6 November 2007

IT to be included in hospital ‘deep cleans’

IT and telephone equipment have been included in the Department of Health’s list of items be subjected to a rigorous
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6 November 2007

Wales completes satellite diabetic retinopathy deployment

Diabetic patients in Wales can now receive satellite-controlled diabetic retinopathy screening, following the successful implementation of Digital Healthcare’s OptoMize iP
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6 November 2007

Helios begins national ‘Neuronet’ roll-out

German private hospital chain Helios has begun roll-out of a nationwide tele-neurology consultation network 'Neuronet' to all of its 58
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6 November 2007

Lanarkshire’s mobile single assessment commended

North Larnakshire Council finished second at the Local Government IT Excellence Awards 2007 for their use of its single shared
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5 November 2007

Patient data extraction software dropped by DH

The Department of Health has dropped plans to use Apollo software to extract patient data from GP practice systems this
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5 November 2007

Six hospital connect on oncology with Varian

Six hospitals in the north of England have begun implementing medical oncology software from Varian Medical to help them function
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