Quality

29 April 2008

Scottish doctors angry over e-health cuts

Doctors at the Scottish BMA conference have expressed concerns over the Scottish government’s decision to cut £5m from the e-health

28 April 2008

Six trusts win awards for safety and quality

Healthcare intelligence specialists CHKS Group has presented six NHS trusts across Great Britain with awards recognising outstanding achievement in patient

28 April 2008

Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records

A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom

25 April 2008

EHI’s industry news roundup 25.04.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. Supplier

22 April 2008

Prof Sir Bruce Keogh interim DH IT director general

Sir Professor Keogh, the Department of Health’s medical director, is to become the department’s interim director general of informatics. He

22 April 2008

iSoft install laboratory system in Maltese hospital

iSoft has successfully installed i.Laboratory in the Mater Dei hospital, Malta, five months after signing a contract to implement the

21 April 2008

Swindells calls for stronger use of information

Departing CIO at the Department of Health, Matthew Swindells, has stressed the importance of the NHS using information to make

21 April 2008

Scottish government funds telecare and IT research

University of Edinburgh is to receive a share of £4m funding from the Scottish government to research telemetric supported self-monitoring

18 April 2008

NHS CfH joins open source health collaboration

Open Health Tools has announced a collaborative effort between national health agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organizations and companies

16 April 2008