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News The Trust, which covers three hospitals - St Bartholomew's in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel and The London Chest in Bethnal Green - said the hospitals' have adopted manual backup systems as a... [18 Nov 2008]
NHS email upgrade rocked by delays
News At least 300,000 staff at surgeries and hospitals nationwide have been told the highly anticipated upgrade will be delayed. The NHS has warned hundreds of thousands of staff that it has been forced to push back an email... [18 Sep 2008]
Hospitals get remote access to patient records
News The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a secure remote network to improve clinicians' access to cancer patient records. The project, which will cost £60,000 in the first year, has initially been set up to provide staff at... [21 Aug 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News Ted Woodhouse, ex-IT director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust went even further in his condemnation of the artificial nature of MBAs. Ted Woodhouse, Ex-director of IT, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS... [19 Aug 2008]
Hospitals roll out RFID
News Hospitals across England are keeping track of patients and equipment using RFID tagging. More than 50 hospitals are using smart wireless or barcoded wristbands and tags to give them an instant snapshot... [09 Jul 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News RFID tagged wristbands are currently used in some hospitals to ensure correct procedures are carried out on patients. Radio frequency ID RFID) technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study... [25 Jun 2008]
NHS broadband network speeds patient diagnosis
News NHS patients in Kent and Medway are benefiting from a broadband link with hospitals in London that enables doctors to send high-grade images such as X-rays and angiograms electronically, speeding up diagnosis and treatment. [18 Jun 2008]
NHS prescribes germ-resistant keyboards
News Keyboards in hospitals usually have covers but the uneven surface makes it easy for bacteria to escape cleaning. The NHS has taken delivery of 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards, which could significantly cut the rates... [18 Jun 2008]
NHS cleans up keyboard act
News The NHS is introducing 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards in hospitals across England as part of efforts to make hospitals cleaner and safer. Paul Jones, Connecting for Health CTO, said the introduction... [07 May 2008]
WEEE takes council computers to Africa
News The council has been giving its old computers and equipment to Computer Aid International which distributes them to schools and hospitals in Africa. Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European... [21 Apr 2008]
NHS Choose and Book has health scare
News Choose and Book version 4.0 will allow people to make online appointments at clinics and hospitals across the country through the Free Choice System, which was launched on 1 April. The launch of the latest version of the... [17 Apr 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News And Ted Woodhouse, former IS director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "I have been in the IT business for 30 years, and I have never, ever, not even once, heard anyone ever say, 'my word, the IT service is a... [31 Jan 2008]
NHS online referrals hit six million
News All NHS hospitals now use Choose and Book while 90 per cent of GPs in England are also on the system, making it a standard way of managing referrals. The NHS online referral system, Choose and Book, has recently passed... [24 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News Trusts are reporting that the time taken for radiologists and radiographers to issue reports to clinicians have typically been halved from more than six days to less than three and these report turnaround times continue to fall with some... [27 Dec 2007]
NHS network pilot to cut call costs
News The N3 network links surgeries, hospitals, community pharmacies and other NHS sites and has recently been updated to carry phone calls using VoIP technology. Rick Juniper, director of ICT at the North West London... [06 Dec 2007]
