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June 2007

• Online training eases transition to new PAS for Moorfields
• USB data key theft could have been avoided, says Avanquest
• Newcastle walk-in-centre chooses Adastra
• Out-of-hours GP service signs with Plain Healthcare for decision support
• University Hospital Birmingham picks NetIQ to monitor system performance
• Health monitor interacts with clinical systems
• New online database for TARN
• BridgeForward server for Nuffield Hospitals
• Personal security device to improve response in emergencies
• Early detection of cardiac arrhythmia
• New device for dyslexics converts text to speech
• King’s College chooses Promisec for network security
• Web rostering for care workers cuts costs for Redbridge Council
• East Kent chooses Kofax information-capture system for pathology

May 2007

• New LIMS for Guernsey
• Whittington gets new imaging department
• Successful GP2GP transfer
• Streamlined systems for Scottish hospitals
• Partnership ‘marks stepchange for vulnerable’
• Paperless office seminar for NHS trusts
• Northern Lincolnshire chooses Rhapsody
• A higher standard of out-of-hours care
• Accreditation for blood tracking system
• Avanquest teams up with Xerox
• BCS launches new ECDL health unit
• East Cambridge council invests in Anite
• Ethitec and EMIS unveil systems link
• Mobile computers reduce costs at Portsmouth
• Mobile healthcare from Pearl Medical
• New addition to NDR fleet
• New contract puts FDBE on the Map

April 2007

• Therapeutic tool for sports injuries
• Texting smoking quitters
• Tangoed communication
• Sentinel system awarded by NPSA
• Royal Marsden Hospital improves integration time
• ‘Pay as you go’ triage system launched at HC2007
• PAS for Calderdale and Huddersfield
• New version of Rhapsody
• Mobile clinical assistant launched at HC2007
• Labelling system for Informing Healthcare
• Internet access via the mains
• Information governance made simple
• Free tool to help cut waiting times
• Clinical Solutions chosen for ‘Portuguese NHS Direct’
• BT wins five NHS contracts

March 2007

• Training for PlayStation medics
• Software helps patients make healthy lifestyle choices
• Secure-IT solution from BMS improves work-life balance
• Route-scheduling software frees up nurses
• PC disposal survey
• A step ahead on HL7
• New system for long-term conditions
• EPR for Liverpool walk-in centres
• Crawley centre chooses Adastra
• Cardiff and Vale adopts in4tek’s Paris
• Capscan showcases data-capture software
• Cambio announces first UK contract win
• Buckinghamshire adopts Supportworks
• Bradford chooses eClipse
• €12m project to support independent living

February 2007

• Accolade for geodemographic classification system
• Arden Cancer Centre chooses IMPAC software
• Assistive technology support for learning disabilities
• Bulgarian ehealth card project goes to ICW and Cisco
• Derbyshire goes live with VoIP
• EMIS ahead of target on rollout of GP2GP
• Mental healthcare trust chooses RAM system
• Networks First to manage McKesson’s networking customers
• New maternity system for Winchester & Eastleigh
• Next-generation Siemens ultrasound systems
• Sheffield Care Trust strives for simplicity
• Spanish hospital chooses Orion health record portal
• Virtual guided ultrasound minimises need for surgery

December 2006

• Yorkshire Ambulance Service signs with ACTIVE
• Statistics show change in delivery of community care.
• Secure messaging service for NHS.
• PAS helps Surrey hospital cut waiting times
• Nuffield Hospitals network chooses Version One.
• NHS trusts to cut carbon emissions
• New iSOFT intervention saves blood tests
• New Irish hospital selects Orion’s Rhapsody.
• New business wins for ScriptSwitch.
• Logo shows ‘approved’ drug sites.
• Leicester hospitals choose Tiara9.
• Heart of England signs up for EuroKing Miracle.
• Half a million NHS employees now paid by ESR.
• German hospital chooses Sectra PACS.
• Fast, convenient and confidential appointment booking at the Royal Free.

November 2006

• Search engine for GPs. 9 Nov 2006
• SCOTTY Group equips Holland’s biggest telehealth project. 9 Nov 2006
• New video technology for surgeons 9 Nov 2006
• New casualty-tracking system. 9 Nov 2006
• Business cards for the digital age. 9 Nov 2006
• Virtual College trains 20,000th elearner. 9 Nov 2006
• iSOFT attains QOF 8.5. 8 Nov 2006
• EMIS pilots GP remote access to records. 8 Nov 2006
• Data-protection course deemed “highly relevant”. 8 Nov 2006
• Choose and Book upgrade. 8 Nov 2006
• Chaucer Hospital trials CareTrends. 8 Nov 2006
• CfH appoints PC Coaching. 8 Nov 2006
• Barnsley scheme for home carers. 8 Nov 2006

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