Survey Reveals Demand by Patients for Medical Record Privacy Guarantees Against Security Breaches
FairWarning Inc - the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy auditing solutions for electronic
health records (EHRs) - released the findings of a major survey which reveals overwhelming demand for patients' medical records to be guaranteed against data theft and snooping.
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Interactive TV and Mobile Phone Service Takes IMS MAXIMS Sponsored Award
An imaginative project to tackle health inequalities has won the IMS MAXIMS sponsored category for the best use of social media at the EHI Awards 2011. NHS Sefton, on Merseyside, is pioneering the use of digital TV and web-enabled mobiles to give the easiest, and broadest possible access to health information and services.
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Northern Ireland Hospitals to Deploy Enterprise Medicines Management Solution from JAC
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care (HSC) has procured a pan-Northern Ireland Pharmacy Software Solution for the Business Services Organisation (BSO) Information and Technology Service (ITS). The contract has been awarded to JAC Computer Services Limited (JAC), under a Technology Partnership Agreement that BSO has with HP.
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AeroScout Acquires Sentient Health
AeroScout®, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions for the healthcare industry, has acquired Sentient Health, which provides hospitals with software and services for optimizing inventory management of consumable medical supplies.
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New Speech Recognition Interface For CRIS System
Voice Technologies has developed a new interface based on SpeechMagic for the HSS CRIS Radiology Information System, the national radiology system for the NHS in England, in use in 80% of hospitals throughout the UK.
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Top Performing Hospital Selects Version One's Document Management
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust, recently named the top performing hospital in England for the quality of care it delivers to its patients, is implementing electronic document imaging and data capture software from Version One.
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Start-Up Company Wins Technology Strategy Board Grant to Drive NHS Cost Savings
Thoughtified Limited, a SETsquared start-up company created by graduates of the Department of Computing, University of Surrey has won a major grant from the Technology Strategy Board. The grant will enable the Surrey Research Park-based company to work in the development of a participatory sensing system that will improve the management of NHS patient records in remote patient treatment.
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An imaginative project to tackle health inequalities has won the IMS MAXIMS sponsored category for the best use of social media at the EHI Awards 2011. NHS Sefton, on Merseyside, is pioneering the use of digital TV and web-enabled mobiles to give the easiest, and broadest possible access to health information and services. 
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care (HSC) has procured a pan-Northern Ireland Pharmacy Software Solution for the Business Services Organisation (BSO) Information and Technology Service (ITS). The contract has been awarded to JAC Computer Services Limited (JAC), under a Technology Partnership Agreement that BSO has with HP. 
Voice Technologies has developed a new interface based on SpeechMagic for the HSS CRIS Radiology Information System, the national radiology system for the NHS in England, in use in 80% of hospitals throughout the UK.