Nursing

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16 April 2007

New web based system to monitor C. difficile bug

A new web based system to enhance monitoring of the Clostridium difficile bug (C difficile) is to be introduced later
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4 April 2007

Agfa launch ORBIS EPR to UK market

Agfa HealthCare has launched its proven ORBIS electronic patient record system in the UK for the first time. The software
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28 March 2007

Dudley nurses use workflow software to cut paperwork

Nurses at the Dudley Hospitals in the West Midlands are using Siemens’ embedded workflow engine, Soarian, to sort their nursing
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5 March 2007

Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda

Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information
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12 February 2007

New e-qualification launched for teen cancer care

Coventry University claimed a first today with the launch of what it describes as a “global virtual classroom created to
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22 January 2007

‘Nurse bots’ to be developed by 2010

The European Union is funding scientists to develop ‘nurse bots’, mechanised robots designed to perform basic tasks such as mopping
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8 December 2006

Existing ICT underused, Royal Society finds

A working group that set out to look at future technology in healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) has found that
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22 November 2006

BT to deliver Theatre Manager in London

BT has signed an agreement with specialist developers, Picis, to deliver new operating theatre management systems to six hospital trusts in
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9 November 2006

SNOMED set 31 December deadline for new SDO

Plans to create a SNOMED CT Standards Development Organisation by the end of the year have taken a step forward
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2 November 2006

Compulsory cleaning keyboard battles MRSA

A new keyboard that reminds its user that it needs to be cleaned regularly has been developed by scientists at
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