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18 March 2008

Committee backs data protection checks

The parliamentary joint committee on human rights has backed proposals to allow the Information Commissioner to check government IT projects
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17 March 2008

New clinical lead expresses support for SCR

Personal experience convinced a new national clinical lead (NCL) for Connecting for Health that electronic records were an important future
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13 March 2008

ESR set to complete roll-out

The NHS’s Electronic Staff Record is due to complete its national implementation this month, with over 600 NHS organisations across
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10 March 2008

Bolton meet integration needs with InterSystems

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration platform in an effort to connect all its hospital systems
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5 March 2008

IC boss says no special treatment for Dr Foster

The chief executive of the Information Centre has made it clear that Dr Foster Intelligence has no privileged access to
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4 March 2008

Patient information: how ICTs can help

Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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29 February 2008

DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben
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28 February 2008

The bigger picture at HIMSS

Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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28 February 2008

St Helens and Knowsley COIN speeds up comms

Over 7,500 staff working across 160 GP surgeries, health centres and acute hospitals in St Helens and Knowsley, Merseyside, are
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25 February 2008

Microsoft launches health IT product suite

Microsoft provided further details of its latest product launches and rebranded comprehensive healthcare software suite at the giant Healthcare Information Management
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