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No sealed envelopes for first summary records No 'sealed envelope' technology will be available for the very first release of the NHS Care Record Service next year, it has emerged. Study shows ROI on mobile technology in NHS A study jointly commissioned by George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Connecting for Health into the impact of mobile technology in acute clinical environments has identified significant potential time and resource savings. Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more effective and help prevent errors. EU hospital software market 'worth £1bn by 2010' The European market in hospital administration systems will be worth £1.2bn by 2010, according to research undertaken by consulting company Frost & Sullivan, as hospitals across the continent realise they must lay the foundations for electronic health records, PACS and other e-health systems. Kodak chosen for Finnish e-health project Eastman Kodak's Health Group has been selected as the main supplier of Finland's RATU e-health project, which aims to integrate the medical imaging and information systems across five Finnish hospital districts. South London and Maudsley goes live with JAC South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has gone live across the trust with a new pharmacy management system from JAC Computer Services, delivered as part of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology. ClinPhone voted best outsourcing deal Software that enables patients taking part in clinical trials to report data over the phone has won a major industry award. |
