Insignia Medical Systems has confirmed a new contract with Avon Breast Screening (ABS). ABS, one of the biggest breast departments in the country, first signed with Insignia in 2010, and have confirmed a further 5 year managed service contract with PACS provider Insignia. The Avon Breast Screening programme invites more […]
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Ramsay Health Care goes digital with Carestream
Ramsay Health Care UK has installed a Carestream DRX Evolution Plus General X-ray room. Carestream was awarded the tender to supply Ramsay with digital radiology equipment in late summer 2016. Springfield is just one of several sites that the company is upgrading to use DR over the next few years. This […]
IMS MAXIMS cloud-based services on G Cloud 9 Framework
IMS MAXIMS has announce dthe availability of its cloud services on the latest iteration of the UK Government’s G Cloud Framework. NHS organisations looking for a cost-effective and efficient way to purchase cloud-based solutions that enable their paperless 2020 ambitions, can use G Cloud 9 to access a range of IMS […]
West Herts and Carestream Health sign new five-year contract
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (West Herts) and Carestream Health will replace the Trust’s existing PACS with a CARESTREAM Vue PACS and Vue VNA. The new five-year contract will be provided as a managed service, including software, services, workstation and server hardware. Lisa Emery, Chief Information Officer for West Hertfordshire […]
InterSystems TrakCare wins 56 hospitals in 2016
According to a research report published last month by the internationally recognised research organisation KLAS, InterSystems TrakCare® has ‘pulled ahead’ of its competitors as a preferred solution, winning significantly more new hospitals globally (non US) than any other supplier in 2016, the report found. The report examines new hospital EMR […]
PRSB introduces revised standard to improve discharge letters
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published a revised Electronic Discharge Summary Standard, to help facilitate better care for patients after hospital discharge. Key among the changes are revisions to the information that should be entered on a patient’s care record regarding the medications used during their treatment and […]
PretaGov named on G-Cloud 9 Procurement Framework
Healthcare technology specialist PretaGov has been listed as a supplier on the new G-Cloud 9 (G9) framework, making its form-building platform PretaForm available to purchase through the latest government procurement marketplace. PretaGov has been listed under the ‘Cloud Software’ category with PretaForm; a low-code platform that allows non-technical staff to […]
North Bristol NHS Trust aims to save £1.3 million
North Bristol NHS Trust is currently carrying out a major record digitization project with CCube Solutions’ EDMS to complement and augment its Lorenzo EPR system as part of a Trust-wide paperlite strategy The electronic document management software (EDMS) is to replace all paper case notes with an easy to use […]
Newcastle Joint Research Office and Ideagen team up
The Newcastle Joint Research Office (NJRO) is to digitise operational processes to improve the quality and operational management of clinical trials. The NJRO is working with software firm Ideagen to implement Ideagen’s Q-Pulse quality management software, enabling them to move away from paper-based and manual processes. Lesley McShane, Information Manager […]
South London Small Grants open for innovators
The Health Innovation Network has opened the South London Small Grants 2017 for applications. The aim of the grants is to encourage innovations that address the gaps highlighted in the NHS Five Year Forward View and support the ambitions of the Sustainability and Transformation Plans within south London. In previous years, […]
