17 November 2009

Barcoded wristbands compulsory by 2011

The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care has called for patients to wear barcoded wristbands and for trusts that
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16 November 2009

Hundreds of records breached in Hull

More than 350 patients in Hull have had their electronic medical records accessed by a member of NHS Hull’s staff who
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16 November 2009

LSPs paid a quarter of contract price

The local service providers of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have been paid £1.1 billion, less than
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16 November 2009

East Kent saves £80,000 with SSO

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it has saved £80,000 by implementing Single Sign On technology from
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16 November 2009

Scotland opens almost paperless hospital

A new £100m hospital which supports a virtually paperless environment has been opened by the NHS Glasgow and Clyde Health
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13 November 2009

Sweden and GTC build e-health framework

The Global Trust Council (GTC) is in negotiations with the Swedish government to create an internationally recognised e-health framework. The
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13 November 2009

ICO could fine trusts up to £500k

The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation into whether the Information Commissioner’s Office should be able to penalise organisations
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12 November 2009

Quirón Group implements PACS

The Quirón Group of Hospitals in Spain has significantly improved workflows after implementing the Carestream Health Picture Archiving and Communications
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12 November 2009

North East Essex tags infants

The Fryatt Hospital in Harwich, Essex, has installed a new infant protection system to prevent children from being abducted. Infants
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11 November 2009

Guernsey progresses InterSystems EHSCR

InterSystems has announced that Guernsey Health and Social Services Department has gone-live with key elements of its island-wide Electronic Health and
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