Efficiency

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6 August 2007

ESR approaches one million NHS staff

The ninth wave of NHS organisations have gone live with the integrated HR and payroll system, the NHS Electronic Staff
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1 August 2007

RFID on the frontline

Using RFID to track high value medical equipment can save time and money, argues, Cisco's Terry Espiner.
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31 July 2007

Community network for St Helens and Knowsley

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link
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24 July 2007

N3 now VoIP-enabled, BT announces

BT has announced that the N3 network has now been enhanced to carry phone calls using voice over internet protocol
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13 July 2007

Encouraging results from 2D barcoded scripts in Wales

A community pharmacy and GP practice in west Wales are testing the use of 2D barcoded prescriptions for use in
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4 July 2007

Oxfordshire council uses web-based bed booking

Oxfordshire County Council have started using a new online care bed vacancy database and booking system, using technology from OLM
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27 June 2007

Cambio gets smart on patient wristbands

Scandinavian software provider Cambio Healthcare Systems has announced a new partnership with LaserBand, to deliver its patient wristband and labelling
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20 June 2007

NHS Choices website launched

The Department of Health has launched the new NHS Choices website, replacing the previous NHS.uk website. The new website, which
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19 June 2007

DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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31 May 2007

Homerton switches to speech recognition in radiology

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a new Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition system into its radiology department.
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