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Welsh health IT prepares for delivery

The Welsh NHS IT reform programme, Informing Healthcare (IHC), has just released its National Case document and formally set up
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Commons to debate practice manager’s opt-out case

Medical records and the case of Helen Wilkinson, who tried unsuccessfully to opt out of centrally-stored NHS electronic recording, will
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‘Medical Grade Networks’ launched by Cisco

Cisco Systems has launched Medical Grade Networks, its blueprint of the future networking requirements for healthcare organisations to deliver e-health
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Software piloted for better cancer data collection

Pilot IT systems have been implemented in two local cancer registries with the intention of improving the quality of the
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Internet abuse rises among public sector workers

The Audit Commission has published a report into IT abuse in the public sector, revealing that 47% of reported cases
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Tag team care

Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care
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Voice recognition on the web for clinical data entry

A Glasgow-based company has developed a voice recognition system aimed at healthcare professionals that enables them to speak into their
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Reboot for South

E-Health Insider Editor Jon Hoeksma examines the significance of the decision to replace IDX as the clinical systems provider for
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Code of practice

Tim Benson from training company Abies explains SNOMED CT, the clinical coding system that forms the basis of the NHS
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£300K upgrade for Withybush network

Withybush Hospital in south-west Wales has upgraded its IT network infrastructure supported by £300,000 worth of investment from the Welsh
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