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Checkpoint 2 takes out more CSSs

Three NHS commissioning support services have been scrapped after failing the latest 'checkpoint' review by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Maudsley launches HealthVault-based PHR

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is today launching personal online health records for its patients, using Microsoft’s HealthVault
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Surrey and Sussex picks Philips PACS

Philips has been picked as the preferred supplier for PACS, RIS and vendor neutral archiving by the Surrey and Sussex
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Warning against making IG a ‘black art’

Information governance is turned into a “black art” by some people in the NHS who use it as a barrier
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Record access by 2015 a ‘tall order’

The government's pledge to give all patients access to their electronic health records by October 2015 is a “tall order”
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NHS Herefordshire links GPs with EDT Hub

NHS Herefordshire will connect another 76 GP practices to its electronic document transfer Hub and expands its use to include
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NHS Direct to pilot GP appointment app

NHS Direct is considering a pilot that will allow patients in Lincolnshire to use a smartphone app or its website
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DH extends Accenture’s PACS deal to 2014

The Department of Health has signed a one year extension of picture archiving and communications systems contract with Accenture, covering
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Dear healthcare IT community…

Hospital doctor Dr Wai Keong Wong publishes an open letter to everyone who buys, suppliers or uses health IT, and
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Brighton signs with Alert for EPR

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals has signed a contract with Portugese firm, Alert Life Sciences Computing, for a full electronic
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