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Heartlands uses RFID for patient identification

The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Safe Surgery Systems Ltd a contract to supply a Radio Frequency
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Euroking’s new maternity goes live at Heart of England

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital trust to go live with EuroKing Miracle’s E3 third
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NPSA issues spec for electronic blood tracking

The National Patient Safety Agency has unveiled new measures to help improve the safety of blood transfusions, including the initial
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Border control

Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European
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Europe’s citizens must be engaged on e-health

Efforts to increase the levels of ICT in healthcare will not succeed if average citizens are not involved in discourse about
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Smart sponges to reduce surgical accidents in US

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care
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London Ambulance computer crashes nine times

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,
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NI to link barcodes on prescriptions to EPRs

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has announced it has signed a £6.8m contract
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CfH seeks acute trust for blood barcoding pilot

NHS Connecting for Health and the National Patient Safety Agency have announced they are looking for an acute trust to
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Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing

Trusts are being urged to move forward faster with e-prescribing and the use of robotics to automate hospital pharmacies by
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