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9 February 2005

PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust

North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which
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7 December 2004

Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms

A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut
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11 November 2004

BMS UK takes over healthcare biometrics firm

Healthcare IT vendor Business Management Solutions UK has taken over ISL, from which it purchased biometric authentication software and hardware for
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4 November 2004

Standard NHS user interface to be developed

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Programme for IT to deliver a
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1 November 2004

Open source software could save NHS money

The Office of Government Commerce has made recommendations that public procurement of software should consider open source solutions, citing, amongst
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29 October 2004

Surgeon tags patients with WiFi to improve safety

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is claiming to have the world’s first pilot of wireless active tagging system for patients, with links
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12 October 2004

NPfIT procurement unfriendly for SMEs, says OFT

SMEs are being locked out of competition in many areas of public sector procurement, including the National Programme for IT,
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21 September 2004

Rocky road ahead for NPfIT suppliers

The National Programme for IT favours large businesses over small and only amounts to a “contact database" for the NHS;
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1 September 2004

Voxar provides Bournemouth with 3D PACS view

Edinburgh-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) software specialist Voxar, has won a contract to supply the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s
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1 September 2004

E-prescribing benefits flow for Liverpool hospital

Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Trust has announced the completion of e-prescribing in all but one of its in-patient clinical areas. 
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