In this special report, we look at PACS and RIS interoperability and explain why the acronym ‘CHIMERA’ is one to watch.

Not so long ago, document management was all about scanning documents and getting them onto a desktop. These days it’s a much more sophisticated business – and developing all the time.

In the world of NHS three letter acronyms, CPD is one that affects nearly everyone. It stands for continuing professional development and it is as relevant to IT professionals as it is to doctors and nurses.

This special report showcases some of the highlights of the conference and exhibition.

In this Special Report we bring together case studies from around the country showing how healthcare organisations are tackling systems integration challenges.

In his New Year message on the NHS, Prime Minister Gordon Brown made it clear that greater provision of information for patients will form an essential part of the NHS reform programme.

By December 2008 all non-urgent NHS patients should start their hospital treatment within 18 weeks of their GP referring them to hospital. It’s a major challenge for the NHS – with IT at the heart of providing the solutions. Daloni Carlisle reports.

This feature looks back at E-Health Insider’s Healthcare IT Careers Forum 2007, detailing a selection of the seminars held at the event and making PowerPoint slides available for downloading.

This feature will examine how IT professionals and suppliers are rising to the challenge of authentication and access management.

NHS trusts have large numbers of computer systems, and they all need to be able to talk to each other. E-Health Insider has consulted the experts for their advice on staying ahead in systems integration.

Anyone who has ever moved house will have had that awful moment of trying to figure out how on earth to get that wardrobe out of the box room and wondering what it will look like in the new bedroom.

There is something wonderfully space-age about speech recognition. Long before most people had ever seen a computer, they had seen the space explorers of 1960s TV talking to one.

As the old ways of capturing and storing medical images are replaced by a new-generation of modalities and picture archive and communications systems (PACS), so the equipment for viewing images is undergoing equally profound change.

In this special report, we look at how PACS and RIS deployments are going across the UK and at the challenges facing suppliers of how data captured by these systems should be stored.

Digital dictation and speech recognition can be valuable tools for improving document management. Linda Davidson visits a trust that is making great strides with these technologies.

The NHS is implementing new computer systems at an unprecedented rate. Some support is available from system suppliers but the NHS must ensure that the systems are fully supported on an on-going basis.

More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.

In a complex environment like healthcare, systems integration is bound to be high on the information technology agenda.

In this special report on laboratory systems, experts explain how services are evolving with consolidated systems run over managed networks.

GPs were never ones to be left out of technological innovations and the current fashion for LCD television screens is no exception.

The National Programme for IT set out to replace many systems with large-scale common solutions. But the drive in that direction appears to be changing. E-Health Insider sounds out experts in industry on the direction systems integration is heading.

Like all disruptive technologies, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) solve some problems with new ways of working, but also bring fresh challenges in their wake. Information overload is one issue occupying some experienced PACS users.

A look into the latest technology and trends in this growing sector in healthcare.

The NHS is embarking on its biggest data migration exercise ever, moving data from systems that have been in use for decade. How are Trusts likely to cope with this challenge and what will thay face?

This Special Report on Education and Training reports on moves to introduce a more organised approach to training for health informatics staff also includes news from training organisations offering a huge variety of educational opportunities.

E-Health Insider looks at security issues in both acute and primary care in the NHS.

E-Health Insider looks at new and exisiting trends in mobile technology in healthcare; how much mobile technology is being used in the NHS today, and how large a role will it play in the future?