Data

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1 August 2006

NHS IT systems in NWWM slow to recover

Dozens of NHS trusts across the North West and West Midlands remained without access to their main patient management software
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1 August 2006

UK version of PubMed Central launched

A major initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas via an online digital archive of peer-reviewed research
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31 July 2006

CSC failure leaves 80 trusts without IT systems

A technical failure at an NHS Connecting for Health data centre on Sunday has left 80 NHS trusts across the North
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31 July 2006

Microsoft acquires health data aggregation package

 Microsoft have announced the acquisition of a healthcare data aggregation software package, Azyxxi, and an alliance with the US-based health
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28 July 2006

Electronic staff record now biggest NHS payroll provider

The NHS Electronic Staff Record is now installed in over 150 sites across England after being implemented of the largest
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26 July 2006

McKesson wins extension to NWCS contract

Connecting for Health has awarded a nine-month extension to the contract of healthcare IT supplier, McKesson, to provide its NHS-wide
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24 July 2006

GP Pan User Group debates data migration

Concern about the costs of data migration under the new system choice initiative was voiced by representatives at the first
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20 July 2006

Follow my lead

Michael Cross looks at how NPfIT is lead by wider government priorities and who the real driving force behind the
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19 July 2006

Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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19 July 2006

Major Multilex DDF update to support CfH requirements

First Databank Europe (FDBE) has completed a major upgrade to its Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) to include integration
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