18 November 2008

Patients to get Facebook-style Communicator

From March, patients will be able to carry out email consultations with GPs and other clinicians using a Facebook-style tool
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18 November 2008

Ireland gets register of health informatics pros

The Health Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) will this week launch the first Irish register of health informatics professionals at
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17 November 2008

Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB

The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it
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13 November 2008

BT to axe 10,000 jobs

BT has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs across the whole company, including its BT Global Services division, which
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12 November 2008

The secrets of e-health success

Jon Hoeksma reports on a symposium given by Dr Karl Stroetman at the World of Health IT conference.
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12 November 2008

Lorenzo officially launched

Lorenzo, the future strategic care records software promised to three-fifths of the English NHS has officially launched internationally in Sydney,
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11 November 2008

Sunquest completes purchase of Anglia Healthcare

Sunquest Information Systems, the US specialist in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, has completed the acquisition of Anglia Healthcare Systems.
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7 November 2008

Harry Cayton to chair new patient data body

Harry Cayton OBE Harry Cayton OBE is to chair the new National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care
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5 November 2008

Royal Free says £7.2m deficit due to Cerner

The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has reported a £7.2 m deficit due mainly to problems with the Cerner Millennium
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4 November 2008

European Commission allies with HIMSS

The European Commission has announced it will merge its annual high level ministerial e-health conference with an industry event run
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