Lack of Real-Time Information Affects 88% of Community Healthcare Workers' Ability to Do their Jobs
Lack of access to patient information in real-time is affecting the ability of 88% of community health workers to perform their roles, reveals a study of 17 healthcare organisations throughout the UK.
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Open Source Electronic Patient Record Software Released to NHS
IMS MAXIMS has released the open source code for its full MAXIMS suite including its electronic patient record (EPR) and patient administration system (PAS) free of charge to the NHS.
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Virgin Care Deploys Mobile Working Solution with Community Nurses in Surrey
Virgin Care has become one of the first NHS providers to equip staff with tablet computers running TotalMobile™, a mobile working solution that gives nurses access to all of the essential information that they need while they are visiting patients at home.
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iMDsoft Chosen by Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu in Germany
iMDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced that Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu in Germany, a hospital with four sites in Kempten, Immenstadt, Oberstdorf and Sonthofen, chose MetaVision for all of its ICUs, intermediate care units and operating rooms.
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Anoto Digital Writing Ensures Reduction of Duplicated Information at University Hospital of Wales
Anoto, the creator of digital writing technology, has announced that the maternity department of University Hospital of Wales, part of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, is using its digital pen technology to record results of foetal fibronectin (FFN) tests and digitise test results to reduce time spend on administration and ensure the hospital has digital records of test results.
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High-Tech Medical Equipment and "Putin's palace"
According to a Reuters investigation a luxurious estate on the Black Sea known as "Putin's Palace," was partly funded by taxpayer money from a hospitals modernisation project. The investigation describes how two associates of Putin made profits by buying high-tech medical equipment through a British company and selling it in Russia at much higher prices.
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Entertainment is the Best Medicine
Dublin's Temple Street Children's University Hospital recently re-opened their Top Flat ward - equipped with patient entertainment units from Lincor. These PatientLINC devices are initially focused on providing TV, movies, Radio, Movies on demand and the ability to plug in the child's own games console but there are advanced plans to enhance the offering by including internet access, video messaging, patient information and patient surveys in the short term.
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