Just using electronic records to replicate health tests could save the healthcare industry $2bn per year, he said. A giant consortium is being set up to exploit the burgeoning US market for electronic health records.
Electronic transfer of prescriptions between GPs, hospitals and pharmacists, e-booking, e-records and distance learning are some of the key benefits the telcos promise to deliver to the organisation. There will be upgrades - worth a total of £45m...
But just as people will 'opt out' for private care, so too will they choose a safe haven for information, if given the chance and if the proposition is deemed good value. 04.12.03: As the NHS agonises over electronic patient files, two doctors in...
The Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling on Tuesday that essentially begins a final review process that will determine whether hospitals can use RFID systems from the Palm Beach, Fla.based company to identify patients and/or permit relevant...
Cisco's network equipment will be used for the N3 broadband network, the care record service (CRS) and the electronic booking service; EMC will provide storage technology for the CRS; HP will provide a range of ProLiant and NonStop server storage...
A third live trial in another primary care trust is due later this year, transferring patient records between both types of GP clinical system. Dr Paul Cundy, chairman of the British Medical Association's GP IT committee, said in a statement: "The...