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Milton Keynes’ CRS caused ‘near melt down’

The deployment of a national programme care records system at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust “developed into an untenable
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Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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InterSystems and Hayes partner on integration

Healthcare database and integration specialist InterSystems, has signed a partnership agreement with Hayes Management Consulting, to find new ways of
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DH chooses 40 bodies for information accreditation

A total of 40 organisations have been selected to test the Department of Health’s information accreditation scheme that will award
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Patientline acquired by Hospedia

Patientline UK has announced its decision to enter administration and been acquired by the newly formed Hospedia Ltd, a hospital
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Call for information investment in PBC groups

The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs.
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Agfa appoints new head of health IT

Belgian giant, Agfa Healthcare, has appointed a new executive vice president to head its healthcare IT division and grow the
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Liverpool iPM glitch overbooks some clinics

Problems with a new iSoft iPM patient administration system left some patients at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals
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Malta’s Mater Dei gets bedside entertainment

Irish based patient entertainment specialist, Lincor Solutions, has implemented its bedside TV and clinical access system, MEDIVista at the Mater
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European judgement casts doubts on NHS CRS consent

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) claims a European Court of Human
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