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Stay up to date with the latest Management and Care updates from the global hospital industryUK Parliament approves controversial NHS bill
The House of Lords, the upper house of the UK Parliament, has approved the Health and Social Care Bill, which proposes to create an independent National Health Service (NHS) board, promote...
UK health charity uses BT Cloud Contact
Nuffield Health, the UK's largest health charity, has awarded telecommunications company BT with a three-year contract to supply a cloud-based contact centre solution to improve the quality of...
NHS community hospital to install solar array
Ilkeston Hospital in Derbyshire, UK, has teamed up with Eco Environments, a renewable energy firm, to install solar panels on two of its...
Hospira to help prevent clinical infections across three US states
US-based Christus Health has chosen Hospira TheraDoc clinical surveillance system to handle its patient safety and prevent infections across 23 hospitals in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana...
CQC issues formal warning to UK care home
The UK's Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned Park Homes that it must take immediate action at its Hazel Bank Care Home to meet all the essential standards of quality and...
UK hospital reports 30% reduction in care transfer delays
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals (NHS Trust) in the UK has reported a 30% reduction in delayed transfers of care following the implementation of the Medworxx patient...
Hospital installs tracking system to reduce infections
University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Canada, has installed a real-time location system (RTLS) to reduce the transmission and spread of infections by tracking equipment, patients and...
CQC report highlights failings at UK care home
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), UK, has warned Kingsley House care home in Wallasey, Merseyside, that it must improve services after inspectors found that the provider was failing to comply...
UK hospital deploys RTLS and workflow software
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, has deployed the first phases of Awarepoint Corporation's real-time location system (RTLS) to improve patient flow, equipment tracking and...
CQC warns UK care home over non-compliance with safety standards
The UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned Priory (Watton) Limited that it must make necessary improvements to its Buckingham Lodge Care Home to meet essential standards of quality and...
Survey shows most Dubai hospitals yet to go paperless
A recent Dubai Health Authority and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) survey has found that most Dubai hospitals are yet to adopt a paperless...
UK hospital invests in SATO self-adhesive paediatric wristband
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust in Surrey, UK, has selected SATO, a provider of data collection systems and labelling, to provide its self-adhesive paediatric/infant soft...
Swedish Medical Center deploys new interactive patient care solution
US-based Swedish Medical Center has deployed Aceso UpCare technology at its newly opened Issaquah...
CQC warns Great Western Hospital over essential standards
The UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) has reported that the Great Western Hospital in Swindon failed to meet two essential...
KishHealth System introduces new clinical surveillance system
KishHealth System in DeKalb, Illinois, US, has been using the Pharmacy Xpert clinical surveillance and intervention system from Thomson Reuters to capture interventions and improve patient...
CQC warns Springfield Care Home over standards
The UK's Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned Springfield Care Home in Walthamstow, east London, that it must take immediate action to improve...
Fauquier Hospital deploys new referral management solutions
Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Virginia, US, has selected healthcare IT company Proficient Health to streamline its processes for physician orders and patient...
Pennsylvania hospital acquires telemedicine solution
Meadville Medical Center in the US state of Pennslyvania has selected Authentidate's Electronic House Call (EHC) remote vital signs monitoring solution for its chronic disease management...
Bacterial infection at UK hospital linked to death of three babies
The UK's Belfast Trust has announced the death of a third baby at the Royal Maternity Hospital after an outbreak of a bacterial infection known as...
US hospital installs QuadraMed identity management solutions
Westchester Medical Center in New York has installed QuadraMed's identity management solutions as part of an enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR)...
