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29 April 2005

Germany joins hospital RFID pilots

Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access
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15 April 2005

Can routine data detect ‘rogue’ doctors?

Was Rodney Ledward a statistical outlier? Researchers have discovered that the rogue gynaecologist could have been detected through the analysis
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22 March 2005

A+E staff get feature-packed mobile phones

A&E staff at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust are trialling PDAs containing a Swiss Army knife range of features including voice
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13 December 2004

New A&E system for Nottingham

Queen’s Medical Centre, part of University Hospital, Nottingham NHS Trust, has procured and implemented a new A&E system to track
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26 November 2004

Internet telephones installed in hospital trusts

Two hospital trusts in London and Birmingham have had Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems installed across their sites
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15 November 2004

Patient database to boost research

The University of Birmingham is piloting a new computer network that will allow clinicians to register patients for clinical trials and
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26 October 2004

Welsh medical students get training smartcards

Medical students and junior doctors in Wales are to receive their own smartcards containing their employment and training details. Each
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15 October 2004

McKesson launches digital medical photograph solution

McKesson today announced the launch of its PhotoManager, software designed to allow clinical staff to access digital medical photographs of
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16 September 2004

NPfIT mandates LSP PACS solutions

The National Programme for IT has reclassified picture archiving and communications system (PACS)  as a “core NPfIT service" but, unlike
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19 August 2004

Getting ready for the leap forward

With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West
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