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7 April 2005

Shortlist shows cream of UK e-health innovation

With just under two weeks to go before the presentation of the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 the details of shortlisted
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21 March 2005

Shortlist announced for E-Health Innovation Awards

After an intense round of presentations and judging, the shortlist for the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 has been agreed. Winners
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15 March 2005

Pathology links system said to be unsafe

The pathology links system is delivering inappropriately coded results in England which make it clinically unsafe because the codes used
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7 March 2005

Survey exposes unsafe security practice

Measures taken by doctors to safeguard confidentiality, especially electronic records, are severely deficient and fuel the concerns of those trusted
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26 January 2005

Medical equipment firm set to acquire IMPAC

Elekta AB, a Swedish-based medical technology firm specialising in cancer treatment, has acquired healthcare IT software house IMPAC Medical Systems, who
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21 January 2005

Over-65s less likely to use internet for health

Less than a third of over 65-year-olds use the internet for health purposes, compared to over half of those aged
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27 October 2004

London Oncology Clinic selects IMPAC Medical Systems

The London Oncology Clinic, a private provider on oncology services, has selected IMPAC Medical Systems  to provide it with chemotherapy
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18 August 2004

Nurses get wireless access to cancer records

The Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Merseyside, has installed a wireless nursing information system that allows bedside access to patient records.
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4 August 2004

Norfolk hospital gets electronic cancer care system

A hospital in East Anglia has installed an electronic cancer management system in its oncology department, which is designed to bring greater
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15 June 2004

WAP can be used for reporting symptoms, study finds

Italian researchers have shown that aftercare and patient communication might be improved if patients are asked to fill in daily questionnaires using
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