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Electronic hospital prescribing brought forward to 2006

Health Minister Lord Warner is to fast-track the introduction of electronic hospital prescribing in response to the recent report by
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Does Dr Robot usher in new era of metal medics?

From automated call-centre systems to car assembly factories, it seems that wherever you look, a robot is waiting to take
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New national audit rolls out for head and neck cancers

A new audit system for head and neck cancers started its roll-out this week in Greater Manchester, Humberside, Lancashire, Merseyside
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Hutton resigns as chair of clinical advisory board

Professor Peter Hutton has resigned his position as chair of the National Clinical Advisory Board of the National Programme for
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TeesPath and CSW launch lab-links project

County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority (CDTV SHA) has signed a contract with CSW to use its CaseNotes
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Deputy CMO joins national programme

Deputy chief medical officer, Aidan Halligan, has joined the National Programme for IT, taking personal responsibility for delivering clinical engagement
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EHR roll-out underway across Wirral

NHS organisations on the Wirral have announced plans to push ahead with the roll-out of an ambitious health community-wide electronic
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Cerner to help deliver paediatric research through IT

Children’s Hospital Boston, one of the largest and most prestigious paediatric medical centres in the United States, and a part
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Sysmed to buy oncology systems specialist Clinisis

Sysmed is to acquire Clinisis Ltd, a provider of electronic clinical solutions for chemotherapy and radiotherapy, in a move that
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Breast cancer and nurse prescribing websites sold

Cambridge University Press has bought two healthcare websites – Breast Cancer Online and Nurse Prescriber as part of an acquisition of
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