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Data blamed for non-progress in costing

Commissioners have made little or no progress in calculating the cost of care pathways over the past decade, accountancy experts
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BT Global Services makes comeback

BT’s Global Services Unit has become a cash generator for the company, after years of problems associated with its NHS
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Telecoms firms looking to mHealth

Almost half of all global telecoms firms are actively working to break into the mHealth market, according to a London
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Data concerns must be addressed – PHCSG

Secondary use of data could be blocked nationally if the NHS fails to ensure patient data is used with proper
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Lansley sees PROMS tracker at RNOH

Spinal patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital are trialling a web-based application that lets patients record the results of
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Gutteridge calls for 50m SCRs

The NHS must deliver Summary Care Records for all its patients and encourage widespread use of HealthSpace or an equivalent,
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Sherwood Forest praises image portal

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has entered into a contract for the extended use of the Image Exchange Portal
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Consortia should build commissioning IT

IT support for commissioning needs to be driven by GP consortia, rather than being provided by the centre, the Primary
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No CSC deal until NAO reports – PM

The Prime Minister has said that no changes will be made to CSC's deal under the National Programme for IT
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E-health needs to scrap Trabant thinking

Germany’s leading health chief information officer has compared the adoption of e-health by many healthcare organisations to the Trabant and
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