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Online education used to combat hospital infections

A new internet education service launched this week aims to give health workers in Scotland immediate access to latest information
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Germany joins hospital RFID pilots

Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access
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Welsh hospital trust looks to merge patient records

Pontypridd & Rhondda NHS Trust has installed a system that allows patient details to be stored on a central server,
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Internet telephones installed in hospital trusts

Two hospital trusts in London and Birmingham have had Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems installed across their sites
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Norfolk hospital gets electronic cancer care system

A hospital in East Anglia has installed an electronic cancer management system in its oncology department, which is designed to bring greater
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Private hospital begins radiography IT modernisation

A private hospital in Kent has invested in a computed radiography (CR) system, as part of the first stage of
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Paperless hospital medication pilot launches in Australia

A hospital in Australia has become among the first in the world to install a fully paperless medication management system which
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Report predicts European growth of hospital e-prescribing

There is enormous potential for expansion within electronic hospital prescribing systems within Europe – a market that is already showing overall growth,
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Electronic hospital prescribing brought forward to 2006

Health Minister Lord Warner is to fast-track the introduction of electronic hospital prescribing in response to the recent report by
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Report challenges hospital mobile ban

A new report on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in healthcare facilities challenges the wisdom of blanket prohibitions
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