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SCR patient campaign set to restart

16 November 2010 11:11 AM

Public Information Programmes for the Summary Care Record are to restart before Christmas following a five month suspension.

St Helens saves £1.2m with EDM

16 November 2010 12:00 AM

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has told E-Health Insider that it has realised its £1.2m investment on its electronic document management system just two years after it began roll out.

Lansley says GPs to choose on 111

16 November 2010 12:00 AM

GP consortia will be responsible for commissioning the 111 non-emergency number service, health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed.

Lung disease to be remotely monitored

15 November 2010 2:34 PM

German telehealth company, Aipermon has launched a series of telemonitoring devices that will be used in a trial to explore how climate change can affect lung diseases.

Pennine signs five year iSoft PAS deal

15 November 2010 12:04 AM

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a five year deal with iSoft to upgrade its 20 year old patient administration system to the latest version of iSoft’s Patient Centre.

Welsh telehealth pilots save £2.2m

15 November 2010 12:00 AM

Three demonstrator projects in Wales testing new ways of managing chronic conditions including use of predictive risk software and telehealth have reported NHS savings of at least £2.2 million in the last year.