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NHS CfH says spine now fixed

NHS Connecting for Health, the DH agency responsible for delivery of the NHS National Programme for IT, has issued a
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Warning on patient data from medicines reviews

Pharmacists are being warned not to e-mail medicines use reviews to GPs until concerns over confidentiality have been addressed. The
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Good outlook for IP VPNs in European healthcare

Industry analysts Frost & Sullivan have predicted positive, if qualified, growth of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs)  in healthcare
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Patient data errors created by iSoft’s iPM system

A flaw has been identified in the iSoft iPM patient administration system being provided as the standard solution to NHS
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GE Healthcare completes acquisition of IDX

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has completed its acquisition of health IT specialist IDX Systems Corporation. The
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NHS suffering from broken spine

NHS sites experienced acute spine problems in the week before Christmas, resulting in key systems being unavailable to NHS staff, and
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AxSys wins major Scottish system contract

 AxSys Technologies has been named as the successful bidder in NHSScotland’s national generic clinical system (GCS) procurement. The Clydebank-based company will deliver
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Graphnet says 45 PCTs now using Xtract

Graphnet Health has announced that 45 primary care trusts in England are in the process of implementing its data extraction
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BUPA moves to .NET systems

Independent health insurer and provider, BUPA, has signed a two year contract worth over £5m with technology company Edenbrook to
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Increased mortality after drug entry system installed

Researchers in the US have found a surprise rise in the mortality rates in a children’s hospital since the implementation
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