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Privacy key for US electronic health records

US health information technology interests have expressed great concern about guarding the privacy of patient data in building a National
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InPractice Systems set to sign for the South

Fujitsu Alliance, Local Service Provider for the Southern cluster, looks set to finalise contract negotiations with InPractice Systems to supply
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Interoperability centre stage in Dallas

Interoperability was the operative word among the nearly 22,000 health IT professionals at the 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems
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Electronic medical records top priority for US

US healthcare IT executives have named implementing a paperless electronic medical record (EMR) their top priority in the annual Healthcare
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City and Hackney shares patient data securely

City and Hackney Teaching PCT in Central London has installed comprehensive security software which, it is hoped, will improve security
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“Augmented reality surgery” in prospect

A future in which surgeons will be able to use technology to operate on parts of the body where their
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London NHS trust publishes cardiac death rates online

St George’s Hospital, in Tooting, London, has started publishing mortality data online for its cardiology department, along with details about
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Converge and win

Convergence between medical devices and IT systems is an obvious area for adding value in healthcare. Where do we look
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Pacemaker sends SMS to warn of heart problems

A Dutch university medical centre has carried out the first patient implant of a pacemaker system that sends out SMS
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John Radcliffe develops e-prescribing for blood

John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, is developing a new electronic prescribing system for blood
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