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16 September 2005

West Midland Ambulance Service upgrades network

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has implemented a fully managed private network from Telewest Business, which for the first time
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2 September 2005

Predictive risk software launched for NHS

  New predictive risk software which will provide the NHS with an ‘early warning’ system to help some patients avoid
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30 August 2005

Computerised casualty ‘whiteboard’ for Bedford

Bedford Hospital’s accident and emergency unit has gone live with a new computer system developed by ExtraMed called A&E Whiteboard.
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3 August 2005

Revised NCRS proposals allow for multiple summaries

The concept of a single summary record on the spine is to be replaced by a system that will allow
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29 July 2005

Doctor tagged with RFID worries about privacy

An A&E doctor and CIO who has had an RFID tag implanted into his arm on which his medical reference
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20 July 2005

Ambulance services get digital radios

 The Department of Health has awarded a contract for a new digital radio and communication system for all NHS ambulance
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8 July 2005

NHS Direct may lack capacity to handle OOH calls

NHS Direct may have insufficient capacity to manage out of hours (OOH) care in the integrated fashion envisaged by the
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6 July 2005

Forrest answers NPfIT communication concerns

  Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director (RID) for the North East cluster and acting RID for London, has promised to
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23 June 2005

UCLH makes switch to Carecast

University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the country to go live with the new electronic
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23 June 2005

National A+E system begins rollout in Scotland

iSOFT has announced the first implementation of a Scotland-wide A&E informatics system in NHS Grampian. The Emergency Department Information System
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