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Alder Hey automates IT support

Mon, 2010/03/08 - 12:00am
Alder Hey Children's Hospital has rolled out an automated IT support platform to provide remote support to more than 2,000 PCs.
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EMIS confirms AIM flotation

Fri, 2010/03/05 - 11:46am
Health IT system supplier EMIS has announced that it expects its shares to be trading on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market by the end of this month.
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Records rules 'bent' in Nottingham

Fri, 2010/03/05 - 10:53am
A report into inconsistancies in thousands of patient records at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has revealed that pressures to meet government targets led to "bending of the rules."
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NHS Appraisal site back online

Fri, 2010/03/05 - 12:00am
The Department of Health has restored the NHS Appraisal Toolkit website which was taken offline last month after routine checks revealed it could be vulnerable to hackers.
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'Stop knocking progress' on EMRs

Thu, 2010/03/04 - 9:27am
Coverage from HIMSS10 Dave Garrets, the head of HIMSS Analytics, has said that reports criticising the lack progress being made by US hospitals in implementing Electronic Medical Records are untrue.
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Imprivata brings Secure Walk Away to UK

Thu, 2010/03/04 - 12:00am
Imprivata, a specialist in single sign-on technology, has launched its OneSign Secure Walk Away technology worldwide.
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UPMC develops two-way record

Wed, 2010/03/03 - 11:58am
Coverage from HIMSS10 The University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre has developed a personal, bidirectional health record that will enable patients to add health information to records maintained by doctors and hospitals.
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Bristol gains it on RiO

Wed, 2010/03/03 - 12:00am
NHS South Gloucestershire, NHS North Somerset and NHS Bristol will all have gone live with RiO within the next six weeks.
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Portsmouth signs up for digi-pens

Wed, 2010/03/03 - 12:00am
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is set to roll-out digital pens to more than 130 staff across its community midwifery department.
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Microsoft unveils CDM project

Tue, 2010/03/02 - 4:42pm
Coverage from HIMSS10 Microsoft and the Cleveland Clinic yesterday announced the results of a chronic disease management project for patients with hypertension, diabetes and heart failure.
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Nursing review calls for technology use

Tue, 2010/03/02 - 4:11pm
The Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England has called for a high level group to be established to help nurses and midwives understand and make use of new technology.
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EHI's industry round-up: appointments

Fri, 2010/02/26 - 9:00am
This special edition of the EHI industry round-up covers appointments made by major suppliers in the healthcare IT industry and some NHS bodies whose work impacts on it.
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BT to run N3 videoconferencing service

Fri, 2010/02/26 - 12:00am
NHS Connecting for Health and BT have announced that BT is to offer a national videoconferencing service over N3, the broadband network that it built and manages for the NHS.
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Eclipsys and Microsoft form alliance

Thu, 2010/02/25 - 11:00am
Eclipsys Corporation has announced an alliance with Microsoft that will see Eclipsys integrate Microsoft's Amalga platform into its clinical software products, including Sunrise Clinical Manager.
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Keogh to lead work on new stats for NHS

Thu, 2010/02/25 - 10:23am
The government has announced that it has set up a working group to develop a single hospital standardised mortality ratio for the NHS in response to the latest report on the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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EHI’s industry round-up 25.02.10

Thu, 2010/02/25 - 9:51am
This month's industry round-up has news about contracts, the latest deployments and product launches - including the announcement of Lorenzo for the iPhone - and some new or improved websites for those working in health and IT.
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Network supports Aneurin Bevan strategy

Thu, 2010/02/25 - 12:00am
Surrey-based systems integrator LAN2LAN has won a contract to design, supply and maintain the wireless infrastructure for the Aneurin Bevan Health Board for up to five years.
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Mid Staffs report demands stats overhaul

Wed, 2010/02/24 - 4:16pm
An independent report into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has called for an "impeccably independent and transparent source" to be set up to produce comparative statistics for the NHS.
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ISoft acquires UltraGenda for £9m

Mon, 2010/02/22 - 11:52am
ISoft, one of the key software providers for England's National Programme for IT in the NHS, has acquired the Belgium-based health IT company UltraGenda BV for £9.3m (€10.6m).
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Leicester goes big on digital dictation

Mon, 2010/02/22 - 12:00am
SRC has completed its largest ever deployment of WinScribe digital dictation system at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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