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CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose

Connecting for Health’s chief technology officer, Paul Jones has stressed the importance of integrating standards to achieve interoperability in healthcare,
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NHS Supply Chain extends iSoft deal

NHS Supply Chain has extended its contract with iSoft to host its e-commerce and logistics applications until 2010. The contract
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CompuGroup goes into rehab

Germany’s CompuGroup has announced that it will buy 90% of All for One, a specialist provider of software for rehabilitation
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New information tools promised for commissioning

The Department of Health is to develop new technology systems over the next year, to help commissioners achieve the goals
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Israeli medical centre to roll out active RFID

European RFID specialist Wavetrend Technologies has signed a deal with the newly built Ashdod Medical Centre in Southern Israel, to
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Access to NHS care records may be widened

The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies
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E-Health Insider award winner blazes trail for NHS

Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust won the 2007 BT e-Health Insider award for Excellence in Health Information Management.
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AOK Plus to use ICW telemedicine system

German health insurers AOK Plus has commissioned InterComponentWare to implement a telemedicine system to care for patients with serious chronic
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GMC says patient confidentiality ‘is absolute’

Patient confidentiality is absolute; patients must give their consent before their data can be used, General Medical Council president, Sir
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Berkshire gets CfH help desk accreditation

HP Service Desk Berkshire Shared Services has gained Connecting for Health accreditation to enable it to handle IT-related technical problems
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