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Archive: 2008

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18 September 2008

SCR consent model changes

The NHS Care Records Board will today confirm that patients will be asked for permission to share their record at
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18 September 2008

NHSmail migration to Exchange deferred

NHS Connecting for Health has written to strategic health authorities to tell them that NHSmail’s planned migration to the Microsoft
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17 September 2008

SUS public consultation launched

NHS Connecting for Health has launched a public consultation on the wider use of patient information held in the Secondary
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17 September 2008

Doctors and pharmacists join smartcard critics

With its rollout coming closer, critics of the German smartcard project are once again becoming louder. Three regional political representative
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17 September 2008

Medtronic to open CareLink for atrial fibrillation

Patients with atrial fibrillation or suspected atrial fibrillation could soon be monitored via Medtronic’s CareLink platform. This could substantially increase
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17 September 2008

London payroll and Tees patient records lost

Four computer disks, containing more than seven years’ worth of payroll information for nearly 18,000 NHS staff in London, have
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17 September 2008

Vodafone and Spanish Red Cross partner on 3G care

The Vodafone Espana Foundation, the Spanish Red Cross and Qualcomm, have joined together to launch a project using 3G broadband
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17 September 2008

GP locums struggle to get smartcards

GP locums are working without NHS Connecting for Health smartcards because of problems in obtaining them, the British Medical Association
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16 September 2008

First EPS release two site due next month

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to go live in the next
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16 September 2008

GP seeks greater urgency on interoperability

A GP who has pioneered record sharing between GP and community teams wants to see local service providers giving interoperability
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