26 September 2006

Hosted INPS and iSoft accredited by CfH

Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. INPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition,
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25 September 2006

QFLU to provide daily information

A national data collection system for flu involving nearly 3,000 UK practices will now provide information on a daily basis
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25 September 2006

Cheshire tests telehealth vital signs monitor

Two Cheshire care agencies have teamed up with a housing trust to pilot the Genesis machine, a new telehealth product
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25 September 2006

Some N3 links ‘too slow for Choose and Book’

A fanfare for the near completion of the new NHS network, N3, has been met with complaints that some GP
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22 September 2006

7/7 report announces new radios for ambulances

Ambulance services will get a new radio system, O2 Airwave, allowing them to communicate from underground in the event of
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22 September 2006

IC deal with Dr Foster under NAO scrutiny

The controversial deal to form a joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and a private company
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22 September 2006

EMIS to pilot GP records access via BlackBerry

GP computer supplier EMIS is to pilot GP access to patient records via a BlackBerry mobile device from next month.
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22 September 2006

St George’s switches to ITIL framework

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has rolled out a new Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework, based on Connecting for
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21 September 2006

IT workers on strike in NHS Logistics dispute

The NHS Logistics strike today is set to include at least 500 helpdesk staff who are crucial to getting orders
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20 September 2006

NPfIT systems failing repeatedly

More than 110 major incident failures have been reported by hospitals and GPs over the past four months relating to
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