Raigmore has also secured funding from the NHS Executive to develop a system which allows doctors to book hospital appointments for their patients, following trials in four surgeries. A consortium led by the Sema Group has won a contract with the...
IBM has signed a $380m contract to run disaster-recovery centres and other IT resources for three New York hospitals, the company plans to announce on Thursday. The contract covers three of New York's largest hospitals - Mount Sinai Hospital, New...
A large hospital can expect to see its existing 2Mbps link replaced with one of 100Mbps, while community hospitals and primary care trusts will be upgraded from 2Mbps to 10Mbps. The New National Network (N3) aims to bring significant benefits to...
While many of the uses for wireless at the moment are quite prosaic - mostly to send information when stringing cable is too expensive or impractical - increasingly hospitals are looking at providing better services as well.
Hewitt said new gadgets aren't just about specialist innovations in hospitals but about innovation at the front line of the NHS to help patients manage their conditions themselves. Hospitals using it have halved diagnosis times from six days to...
NHS patients in Kent and Medway are benefiting from a broadband link with hospitals in London that enables doctors to send high-grade images such as X-rays and angiograms electronically, speeding up diagnosis and treatment.