Dr Foster takes on NHS Choices

Health information provider Dr Foster has launched an alternative site to NHS Choices. The company, which lost out in the
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Local IT solutions for Vascular Checks

Primary care trusts will need to develop their own informatics solutions for the national Vascular Checks programme that will begin next
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Search sniffle find flu trends

Search engine giant Google has launched a flu tracking system based on how many people search for flu-related topics. Google
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Pearl Medical ceases to trade

Pearl Medical, which provided a BlackBerry mobile device to more than 2,000 GPs, has ceased to trade. The company was
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Vision 4 looks further off

Delivery of the new clinical system Vision 4 from GP system supplier INPS could be moved back to 2011. The
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Catto podcast urges debate on confidentiality

Sir Graeme Catto has recorded a podcast urging doctors to put forward their views on confidentiality, including concerns about electronic
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GP2GP out-of-date medical records concern

GP practices that have moved from a GP2GP compliant system but left it connected to the Spine have been inadvertently sending
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Promised safety alarms not delivered

Four out of five community nurses do not have access to a personal safety alarm despite a government pledge to
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Patients’ prospectus launched on NHS Choices

The Department of Health has published its promised patients' prospectus, setting out the support that people living with long term
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Healthcare Interoperability: the big debate

Are international standards the most important factor in healthcare interoperability: or not? Fiona Barr reports
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