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First European deal for HealthVault

Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement to licence Microsoft’s personal health record platform, HealthVault, in Germany.
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Expert view: Dr Alex Horne

The medical director of North East London NHS Foundation Trust explains why it has invested in business intelligence from Ardentia.
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Continua to work on EU personal health

The European Commission has selected Continua for inclusion in its Smart Personal Healthcare research initiative.
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King’s showcases e-prescribing roll-out

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has started rolling out its iSoft e-prescribing system trust-wide. The system enables prescribers to
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Big NPfIT contracts boost System C

A contract to deliver clinical dashboards and work on implementing delayed electronic patient record systems for the National Programme for
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IT rules

Sarah Bruce goes to King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s annual IT open day - and is surprised to find
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Fake drug web sales to hit €50 billion

The global sale of online counterfeit drugs is likely reach €50 billion in 2010, according to research by UK, Swedish
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Telehealth ‘to take off by 2012’

Telehealth will take off as a mainstream technology for remote disease and home health monitoring from 2012, a new research
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‘Four more years’ for McKesson

The Department of Health is negotiating four year support deals for the 21 NHS hospital trusts running McKesson patient administration
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