20 August 2007

GPSoC and SCR key IT issues, says GP negotiator

Implementation of the GP Systems of Choice initiative and the rollout of the Summary Care Record (SCR) are two of
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17 August 2007

German smartcard rollout brought forward

In a surprise move, the German health IT agency, Gematik, has accelerated the schedule of the German national smartcard project
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17 August 2007

Kings College deploys hardware virtualisation

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have implemented a new hardware virtualisation layer to help make integration of its different
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17 August 2007

150 practices sign for PatientChase

More than 150 GP practices have signed up for a software system that claims to speed up call and recall
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16 August 2007

Rhapsody installed by three NHS trusts

Orion Health Limited, a specialist in integration and workflow technology in healthcare, has said that its Rhapsody integration engine has
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16 August 2007

Robotic future of patient care

As technology advances, robotics is the new revolutionary in healthcare. Kevin Fickenscher, MD and chief medical officer at Perot Systems
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16 August 2007

Gematik approves RFID smartcard terminal

Smartcard technology provider, Assa Abloy Identification Technologies Group, has received approval from Gematik to participate in phase one of field
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16 August 2007

EC creates Internet health threat surveillance

The European Commisssion has launched MediSys, a web-based news outlet providing information on public health threats in European health authorities.
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16 August 2007

Somerset LMC reports confidentiality breaches

Somerset Local Medical Committee (LMC) has reported two ‘significant and worrying’ breaches of patient electronic data confidentiality, both by individuals
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16 August 2007

Delays in emergency service radios ’cause for concern’

Concerns have been raised about delays in implementing Airwave radio systems within emergency services in London, to ensure full coverage
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