12 December 2008

NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’

David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a 'pivot position' and that the
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11 December 2008

Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration

Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said
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9 December 2008

Digital Healthcare raises £2.6m funding

Digital Healthcare, a UK software company specialising in image management and storage solutions for the ophthalmology sector, has successfully raised
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8 December 2008

Carestream chosen for Israel-wide RIS-PACS

Carestream Health has been awarded a €19.4m ($25m) country-wide contract for a RIS-PACS project across Israel’s Clalit Health Services. The
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4 December 2008

iSoft appoint ex-Agfa man as UK MD

Isoft Health, a division of Australia’s IBA Health Group, has confirmed that Adrian Stevens has been appointed as managing director
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3 December 2008

EU internet access reaches 60 per cent

60% of households across the EU had internet access in 2008, according to a survey. Across the 27 countries within
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3 December 2008

Wikipedia can omit key drug information

New research warns that consumers who relay on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for drug information may be putting themselves at
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1 December 2008

Vienna to host IHE’s 2009 Connectathon

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe will hold its ninth annual Connectathon event in Vienna, Austria, on 20-24 April next
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28 November 2008

NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches

Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper
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28 November 2008

Dr Glyn Hayes made BCS honorary fellow

Dr Glyn Hayes, GP, a pioneer in health informatics, has been made an Honorary Fellow by the British Computer Society
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