GPs urged to adopt online sign language translation

A UK charity is urging GP practices to adopt a web-based sign language translation service which is currently available free
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Royal Free chief executive resigns

Andrew Way, the chief executive at the Royal Free Hampstead Hospital, which was plunged into financial crisis following installation of a new
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: go live

Sarah Bruce catches up with Benenden Hospital’s deployment of an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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Tories would ‘end monopoly’ of NHS Choices

The Conservative Party would remove NHS Choices from Department of Health control and force it to compete on the same
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EMRs named top priority in HIMSS survey

Implementing electronic medical records has become the top priority for senior healthcare information professionals, a major US survey has shown.
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Bradford goes live with Lorenzo

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed that it has started rolling-out Lorenzo almost a year after it was
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Damp Holding AG awards contract to iSoft

iSoft has won a two-year €1.65m contract with German private healthcare group Damp Holding AG to provide an integrated radiology
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NI GPs report survey concerns

Grassroots GPs in Northern Ireland have reported widespread concern from patients about their data being passed to research company Ipsos
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GE and Intel commit €184m to telecare research

General Electric and Intel have joined forces to develop hi-tech health care products that will allow patients to be treated
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Doctors call for Google to change ad policies

Doctors are calling on internet search engine Google to change its advertising policies to prevent links to unproven remedies appearing
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