CfH issues tablets safety warning

NHS Connecting for Health has warned trusts about the risks of using tablet devices, saying they are less secure and
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Medicine Jim, but not as we know it

Developers worldwide have been challenged to create their version of Star Trek’s medical tricorder in the hope that it will
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Southampton buys Amalga for readmissions

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has become the second in the UK to buy Microsoft’s Amalga readmissions platform.
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Good Xmas weather cuts NHS Direct calls

NHS Direct and NHS 24 saw a lower number of people using its telephone services over the festive period this
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Stockport focus on prescribing security

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has briefly delayed plans to go-live with a pilot of iSoft’s electronic prescribing system, amid police
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Humber pushes ahead with Lorenzo

Humber NHS Foundation Trust has started to introduce the Lorenzo electronic patient record system, even though the future of the
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PM tells trusts to publish patient views

The government is to formally require NHS organisations to publicly publish new data on performance and patient and staff views
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Harrogate latest to take iSoft ePMA

A fourth NHS trust is to implement iSoft's electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.
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Kent and Medway trusts tender for PACS

A group of Kent and Medway trusts have formed a collaboration to tender for PACS/RIS as the end of the
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DHID and Intellect issue ‘plan of works’

The Department of Health's Informatics Directorate and Intellect have issued a 'plan of works' to help create a 'vibrant' healthcare
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