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13 November 2006

‘Googling’ aids difficult diagnoses

Doctors puzzling over a difficult diagnosis might do well to try “googling” their patients’ symptoms, according to research published by
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13 November 2006

New GPS telecare bracelet to go on sale

Canadian mobile technology specialists Medical Intelligence Technologies Inc. has signed a letter of intent with British telecare specialists Tunstall for
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13 November 2006

Human change the ‘greatest challenge’ for NHS IT

Achieving changes in human processes to accommodate the IT revolution is perhaps the greatest challenge to the successful implementation of improvements in the
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10 November 2006

RIO becomes strategic solution for London

CSE-Servelec has announced to financial markets that it has completed contract negotiations with BT to provide its RiO system to
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10 November 2006

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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10 November 2006

Immunisation records ‘too poor to migrate’

Staff trying to migrate existing child immunisation records to new systems in London face a “complete mess”, according to a
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9 November 2006

BT completes switch to Cerner

BT, the local service provider for London under the NHS IT investment programme, has confirmed that it has completed the
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9 November 2006

CfH confirm switch to Prodigy for clinical evidence

Connecting for Health have confirmed they have awarded a five year contract to provide Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) to a
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9 November 2006

SNOMED set 31 December deadline for new SDO

Plans to create a SNOMED CT Standards Development Organisation by the end of the year have taken a step forward
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8 November 2006

Communication, collaboration and co-ordination called for

Dr Alan Hassey, the former co-chair of the joint GP IT committee of the British Medical Association and the Royal
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