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Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records

An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information
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NHSIA Stakeholder Link to close

The NHS Information Authority has announced the immediate closure of its Stakeholder Link service.  Some of the service’s functions will
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Why GPs face Hobson’s choice

An exclusive interview with Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, about how he believes that GPs are being denied
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iSoft to target US by 2006

UK healthcare IT services provider iSoft has revealed that it plans to enter the US market by 2006, backed by
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Introducing the intelligent vaccine box

A vaccines transit box that can feed back alerts when high temperatures endanger the precious cargo is expected to save money, avoid waste
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Health connectivity: the global holy grail

SAN FRANCISCO— The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) may be the envy of many a country for its £6.2
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Soaring Internet use for European health

Internet use in healthcare is expected to soar in Europe in the next four years, bringing electronic communication into the
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Plymouth moves to IP telephony

NHS organisations in Plymouth are beginning the roll-out of one of the largest Internet Protocol (IP)-based telephone implementations yet seen
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EMIS users urged to protest about systems choice

The head of the EMIS National User Group (NUG) has written to all EMIS users calling on them to lobby
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The productivity guessing game

Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity - but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether
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