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24 December 2008

Self-service kiosks for Birmingham hospital

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is to install self-service kiosks developed with Blue Prism in the reception areas of
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24 December 2008

Obama urged to commit $25 billion to health IT

The US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have urged President Obama to invest a minimum of $25 billion in
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24 December 2008

Further ETP progress in Scotland

Four out of five GPs and community pharmacists are now enabled for the electronic transfer of prescriptions in Scotland, according
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23 December 2008

Map of Medicine publishes VTE pathway

The Map of Medicine has published a new pathways for the prevention of Venous Thromoembolism (VTE) in hospital patients, which
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23 December 2008

New survey hangs on the phone

Patients’ experience of getting through on the telephone for a variety of queries – including consultations and test results –
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23 December 2008

Blackpool upgrades infrastructure

Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with BT to upgrade its IT communications
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23 December 2008

HL7 publishes draft PHR standards

International healthcare IT standards body Health Level Seven (HL7), has published the Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM)
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22 December 2008

Review calls for shake-up of pathology

The Department of Health should put in place IT connectivity for NHS pathology services as a matter of priority, a
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22 December 2008

Eclipse is phased out

Torex, the owner of the Eclipse pharmacy system, has announced that it is to dicontinue the development of the product
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22 December 2008

Bath extends deal with IBM for legacy system

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust has signed a one-year, £520,000 deal with IBM to extend support for its hospital
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