21 September 2007

UK Biobank begins recruiting using NHS data

UK Biobank, the medical research charity-backed DNA database, has begun using demographic data supplied by the NHS to begin recruiting
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21 September 2007

New videos online for youths to quit smoking

QUIT, the charity that saves lives by helping smokers to stop, has launched two new videos on its ‘quit because’
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21 September 2007

MSoft showcases blood tracking on Second Life

One of the many landscapes residents can travel in and seek medical assistance Msoft, the electronic blood tracking specialist, has
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20 September 2007

Siemens signs major contract for electronic patient records

In one of the largest European private electronic patient record (EPR) deals to date Siemens and German private hospital group
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20 September 2007

ASCC ‘symbol’ of return to local procurement

Healthcare software vendor, Ascribe, says the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework catalogue, designed to expand the range of
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20 September 2007

IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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20 September 2007

Celebrity’s details illicitly viewed by NHS staff

Reports that the records of a celebrity were illicitly viewed by over 50 members of staff at an NHS hospital
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20 September 2007

Heart of England pilot community access to maternity records

Community midwives from the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are to begin using their EuroKing E3 maternity information system
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19 September 2007

Oracle boss says ‘rip and replace’ not viable

The vice-president of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, EMEA, has said that healthcare organisations must look for new ways to
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19 September 2007

Cambio delivers integrated patient record in Sweden

While many European countries are planning or moving towards introducing integrated electronic patient records to link together hospitals, clinics and
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