13 September 2006

Health informaticians “embattled”, claims ASSIST

A survey by the Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has claimed that those working in
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12 September 2006

Delay to Scottish primary care software report

A much-anticipated report on the future of primary care IT systems in Scotland has been delayed, and will undergo further work before
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12 September 2006

Treasury decision on GPSoC still pending

A decision on the full business case for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) is still awaited from the Treasury, Connecting
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12 September 2006

iSoft to close Manchester HQ offices

iSoft has announced that it is to close the company’s headquarters near Manchester Airport and relocate staff there. A total
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11 September 2006

Asthma telephone reviews shown to be effective

A study has found that telephone reviews of patients with asthma are just as effective as face-to-face consultations and can
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11 September 2006

Child index could make youngsters anxious

The Children’s Commissioner says the government’s plans to create a national database of every child in England could create anxiety
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11 September 2006

Call for co-operation on new way forward for NPfIT

A call for the ‘old guard’ of health informatics and the ‘new kids on the block’ to work together to
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11 September 2006

Pay-as-you-examine PACS deal for Finland

Kodak has agreed a three year pay-as-you-examine partnership for picture archiving and web-viewing services in the South-west Finland Hospital District
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8 September 2006

CSC say they want to take over from Accenture

CSC today confirmed they would compete to take over from Accenture, should the company withdraw from its contracts to the
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8 September 2006

Concerns voiced over Ireland’s iSoft deal

The main Irish opposition party, Fine Gael, has raised concerns over the recent financial difficulties of iSoft and the £38m
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