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A+E staff get feature-packed mobile phones

A&E staff at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust are trialling PDAs containing a Swiss Army knife range of features including voice
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InPS updates Vision with DXS software

In Practice Systems (InPS) has announced that it is to upgrade its Vision system with a free version of Point
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Decision support software can reduce hospitalisation

A study published in this month’s American Journal of Managed Care has found that clinical decision support software, backed up
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John Radcliffe develops e-prescribing for blood

John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, is developing a new electronic prescribing system for blood
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Medical equipment firm set to acquire IMPAC

Elekta AB, a Swedish-based medical technology firm specialising in cancer treatment, has acquired healthcare IT software house IMPAC Medical Systems, who
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Nursing IT study to look at local systems

The Department of Health has funded a £250,000, two-year study into how nurses use IT when making clinical decisions and
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Isabel releases adult decision support software

Isabel Healthcare has announced a release of its new clinical decision support software designed to help reduce misdiagnosis in all major sectors
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Decision support software review planned by NICE

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has been asked by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to carry out
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Log on for a late night librarian

A project that gives health professionals late-night access to librarians’expertise by using an instant messaging (IM) link between the UK
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Paediatrics software given funding injection

Isabel Healthcare has received a £1.7m funding boost to further develop its paediatric decision support software for the US market
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