Epic Systems will build well beyond current staff size
Steve Dickmann, Epic's chief administrative officer, said the company anticipates adding 1,500 more individual offices, about 50...Fiserv acquires tech, staff from Emergis
Emergis is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and develops systems for automating transactions and information exchanges. Fiserv plans to acquire its eLending U.S. operation, which connects mortgage lenders with third-pa...Expetec expands IT staff services in Wisconsin
MADISON When the market began its downward trend three years ago many companies cut their information technology department to ease the financial strain. However, as the price of computers dropped, allowing businesses to inexpensively purchase or replace computers, the need for IT services grew. Many IT staffers are wary of returning to companies that had removed th...Who does your IT staff work for?
You probably know who signs the paychecks in your organization. Most of us can read an organization chart and figure out who reports to whom. We might even know one or two board members, shareholders or major contributors. But that might not tell you much about who your IT staff is really working for. For lack of information and guidance, many IT staff members become moles in your organization as...NHS Staff To Face Ban On Smoking
The employees of the Suffolk East Primary Care Trust will be banned from smoking, even during off duty hours, as long as they are wearing their identification// badge or uniform. The ban on smoking which is planned will be applicable to patients, contractors, visitors, volunteers and other people who visit the premises of the Trust. The Suffolk East Primary Care Trusts' (PCT) combined board has b...Assaults On Hospital Staff On The Rise
The health workers of the NHS have suffered over 22,000 physical assaults and verbal abuses in 2004 in the Lothian Health Board area, resulting in the country's nurses demanding more protection. //Nurses also face the chances of sexual assaults from drunk patients. Threats with guns and knifes are not uncommon either. The country’s nursing unions have called for legislation similar t...Staff Nurses Contract Measles from the Patient
In UK outbreak of measles occurred among the kids which were later contracted by the staff nurses. The outbreak at the Central Middlesex Hospital in north-west London// began after two children were admitted with measles last week. Now hundreds of hospital staffs are being vaccinated against measles. The vaccination was given to all those who were exposed to the hospital scena...Bird Flu Pandemic Study: Clerical & Support Staff May Stay At Home
The results of a new survey suggests that approximately 50% of the public health workforce, would stay at home in the event of a bird flu pandemic. // A majority of these public health workers would be clerical and technical support staff. More than 308 public health workers in Maryland were surveyed, out of which nearly 46.2% expressed that they would not report for work during a pan...Authority to Health Staff, To Scan Patient Medical Records
Patients medical records will now be open to checking by health workers, who have recently been given the power to take a peek at the records to verify if patients// have undergone the required diagnostic tests, especially in cases of severe health conditions such as high BP. This is a move by the Scottish government to spruce up their dwindling health record. This will certainly g...