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Disease matching network spreads

Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find
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UnitedHealth buys ScriptSwitch for £50m

ScriptSwitch, the provider of drug comparison software to doctors’ surgeries, has been acquired by UnitedHealth UK, for a reported sum
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Siemens wins west London LAN deal

NHS Kensington and Chelsea has signed a contract with Siemens Enterprise Communications for a single voice and secure data network.
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Once more with feeling

Jon Hoeksma talks to Kate Grimes, chief executive of Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, about its impending go-live with Cerner Millennium.
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Barcoded wristbands compulsory by 2011

The Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care has called for patients to wear barcoded wristbands and for trusts that
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Scotland opens almost paperless hospital

A new £100m hospital which supports a virtually paperless environment has been opened by the NHS Glasgow and Clyde Health
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ICO could fine trusts up to £500k

The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation into whether the Information Commissioner’s Office should be able to penalise organisations
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Going live

1,300 people, 80 exhibitors, four conference streams, the sheep key-rings, the chocolate fountain. EHI reports on E-Health Insider Live ’09.
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North East Essex tags infants

The Fryatt Hospital in Harwich, Essex, has installed a new infant protection system to prevent children from being abducted. Infants
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West Dorset improves Down programme

The Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has rolled-out a maternity solution from GE Healthcare to provide a vigorous Down Syndrome
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