2008 - Digital Health

25 March 2008

GPs could be paid depending on the number of their patients who stop smoking as part of possible changes to

25 March 2008

Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a

25 March 2008

Connecting for Health has acknowledged the audit trail facility in the first Summary Care Record pilots ‘has been clunky’, after minutes from

25 March 2008

The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.

25 March 2008

NHS Direct has reported a fall in telephone calls received, attributed to an increased usage of its website for health

25 March 2008

A new study at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has found that significant time and cost savings can be achieved

20 March 2008

Release four of Choose and Book will go live on 12 April, delivering the government’s policy of free choice at

20 March 2008

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 20 March 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions and appointments. Supplier

20 March 2008

The German ministry of health has issued details on recent and estimated future costs of the healthcare smartcard project in

20 March 2008

Patients having non-emergency treatment in England will be able to choose from any hospital in the country as of 1 April, the

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