Cardiff community staff use netbooks
The roll-out of 800 netbooks at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board means community and mental health staff can view and update patient records on the move.
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Poole embeds Kainos Evolve in EPR
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Kainos’ Evolve electronic document management system to host scanned versions of paper patient records.
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Imperial upgrades desktops
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has upgraded its desktop environment in preparation for the roll-out of Cerner Millennium clinical functionality later in the year.
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Worcestershire outsources IT services
All NHS hospitals, health centres and GP surgeries in Worcestershire will receive IT support from independent provider Computacenter as part of a five-year agreement worth up to £18 million.
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Bath GPs take tablets at weekends
GP practices in Bath and North East Somerset are using a mobile solution provided by Targett Business Technology to support weekend services.
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Croydon to implement SynApps VNA
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has gone with SynApps Solutions to provide a vendor neutral archive to store data, beginning with X-ray images.
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Leeds links staff training with devices
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented new software to reduce the misuse of medical devices in its hospitals.
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Super hospital “catalyst” for paperless
The opening of Glasgow’s new £842 million super hospital has been a “catalyst” towards moving to a paper-free environment, its IT lead has said.
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Robots live in new super hospital
Glasgow’s new £842 million super hospital opened its doors this week with 26 robot porters operating in the basement.
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Nurse Tech Fund helps Bucks go mobile
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has completed the roll-out of a new mobile technology tool provided by Vodafone and TotalMobile for its community nurses and midwives.
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