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18 December 2006

Opt-out consent model to be kept for SCR

 The government is to stick to its plan that patients must opt-out of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), although
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18 December 2006

Ministerial review to back summary care records

The government is today expected to announce that it will press ahead with plans to begin trials of a national
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15 December 2006

BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project

A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including
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15 December 2006

Survey shows US appetite for personal electronic records

A US survey has revealed strong support for the concept of personal electronic health records, with those polled seeing them
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14 December 2006

Heart of England invests in digital retinopathy

Information management and storage specialists, EMC Corporation, have implemented two EMC Centera content storage systems at the Heart of England
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13 December 2006

Fujitsu hits 100m PACS images

Fujitsu Services, the NHS’s IT prime contractor for the South of England, has today recorded the 100 millionth patient image
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13 December 2006

Bridgeforward and Quicksilva partner on integration

Software providers BridgeForward and Quicksilva have announced a partnership to focus on integrated connectivity solutions for healthcare. BridgeForward Software, a specialist
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13 December 2006

Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi

A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity
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8 December 2006

HCA International publishes outcomes data

HCA International, London’s leading private hospital company, says it has become the first in the independent sector to publish outcome
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8 December 2006

Existing ICT underused, Royal Society finds

A working group that set out to look at future technology in healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) has found that
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