North East Wales switches on Myrddin PAS

The North East Wales NHS Trust has successfully gone live with its new patient administration system (PAS), Myrddin. The £1m
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Austria kicks off Euro 2008 health website

The Austrian social security system, Sozialversicherung, has launched a new website to provide football fans with information on how to
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Wiltshire PCT deploys new e-referral system

Clinicians at Wiltshire PCT are now able to electronically refer patients to local primary care services using a new system
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Why the NHS needs a new generation of CIOs

Dr Paul Whatling, International Consulting Lead for Perot Systems, considers the changing role of CIOs.
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Klinikum Chemnitz hospital links radiology to EHR

Klinikum Chemnitz, one of the largest hospitals in Germany, has become one of the first to link its teleradiology service
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Map of Medicine partners with DH cancer networks

The Map of Medicine is partnering with all cancer networks across England to localise the cancer care pathways already provided
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Care charities say telecare is ‘crucial to future’

The chief executives of two UK care charities have stressed the importance of telecare services and called for the current
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Europe-wide 112 emergency number gets website

The European Commission has stepped up efforts to push the use of the toll-free emergency number 112 in the EU
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Swiss clinic group implements MPI from ICW

Swiss private clinic group, Hirsladen, has installed a master patient index system supplied by German e-health specialist InterComponentWare. The master
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Primary care following Fujitsu

Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the
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