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Western Sussex NHS Trust Improves Patient Safety and Quality of Care

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has deployed a solution from Patientrack that is helping the trust more quickly identity deteriorating patients or patients who should be moved to palliative care. The solution, deployed on all 38 wards across the trust's two hospital sites, allows more than 2000 nurses, doctors and other clinical staff to electronically record observations at the bedside,

Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Selects FairWarning®

One of the most proactive NHS trusts in England in terms of its innovative use of information technology, has selected FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection solution to counter the growing threat of serious data breaches and the improper accessing of electronic health records (EHRs).

Opinion Article: HILPs, O2 and Patient Safety

By Andrew Corbett-Nolan, Chief Executive of the GGI (Good Governance Institute).
Last Wednesday was busy. I had squeezed a quart of endeavour into a pint-pot of time and with a 20 minute walk down Regent Street between two meetings I reached for my iPhone to make a couple of pressing calls. No service - again. Since lunchtime I had consistently failed to get a signal and now things were beginning to stack up.

Advanced Health & Care is Finalist in Health Service Journal Efficiency Awards

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), a leading provider of IT management systems for the health and care sectors is a finalist in the 'Efficiency in IT' category of the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Efficiency Awards 2012.

HealthCarion and Ekahau Bring Safety and Mobility to Seniors

HealthCarion GmbH, a provider of software solutions for nursing homes and hospitals, has installed the HealthCarion PLG (Patient Location Guard) software-based nurse-call system in Désirée House at the D&D GmbH's senior residence and nursing home. Ekahau, the market leader in real-time locating systems (RTLS), supplied the Wi-Fi Tags for patents and staff, as well as the WLAN locating system.

Anoto Partners to Provide Cost Efficiencies Across Public Sector

Anoto, creator of the digital pen and paper technology, announces that two of its Platinum partners, DevelopIQ and Destiny Wireless, have been selected for the Digital Pen Framework for the UK. The Digital Pen Framework was set up by Solent Supplies Team (SST), an NHS procurement organisation.

Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Brings Apple® Technology into the Fold

London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (GOSH) is making a major shift towards integrating Apple technology - benefiting staff and patients. A key project has been in Cardiology where clinicians now use iPads and iMacs for instant access to 3D images of patients' hearts while planning for surgery, or even in theatre.

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