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QRISK2 goes open source

The heart disease risk assessment tool QRisk2 has been made available as open source software by Nottingham University and healthcare
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Yorks ambulance staff get Airwave alarms

Yorkshire Ambulance Service is to equip more than 900 staff with Omnigard, a personal safety system from Airwave. Omnigard allows
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Samsung targets healthcare for growth

South Korea's Samsung Group has announced it is to invest €16.6 billion ($20.6billion) by 2020 in new businesses, including health
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GP labels SCR up-load a ‘disaster’

A GP whose practice has just uploaded Summary Care Records has heavily criticised the process, which she claims has been
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Alert becomes latest member of COCIR

Alert has become the latest firm to join COCIR, the European medical devices and healthcare IT trade association.
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PCTs look for GP agreement to SCR

Primary care trusts are seeking agreement from GP practices to go ahead with the creation of Summary Care Records in
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Lancashire trusts buy Virgin network

A collaborative partnership of eight Lancashire trusts and primary care trusts has chosen Virgin Media Business to create a £9m
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Osborne orders review of govt spending

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced a review of all government spending commitments since New Year’s
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Berkshire to save £150k with NHSmail

Berkshire Shared Services has completed the migration of all its GP practices to NHSmail, resulting in an expected cost saving
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New ‘smart pill’ to track adherence

A new 'smart pill' has been developed by researchers at the University of Florida that allows doctors to better monitor
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