Irish hospital digitises records

The Galway Clinic in West Ireland is implementing a data archiving and management solution from BridgeHead Software to create an
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CQC warns on registration

The Care Quality Commission has warned that many trusts have significant work ahead of them to improve their performance, if they are
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Philips makes move to pathology

Royal Philips Electronics has developed a digital pathology solution aimed at easing workloads and providing decision making support in central
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‘Lying down’ staff let off

Seven members of staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon who were suspended for playing the ‘lying
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Gloucester deploys Aruba wireless LAN

Cheltenam general hospital Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a wireless network from Aruba across both of its hospitals.
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Texts double smokers’ quit rate

An international study has shown that programmes that use text messaging to help people stop smoking can double the chances
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Google spreads Flu Trends

Google has expanded its Flu Trends tracking tool to include 16 more countries. The company, which launched the free tool
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Unite calls for better IT training

Health visitors believe they are not getting enough IT training on their local electronic patient record systems, according to a
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Cheshire and Wirral encrypts email

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will use a trust-wide external email encryption system from
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Liverpool improves patient entertainment

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is deploying a new entertainment solution to systems at patient bedsides that also enable its
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