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Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions

QResearch, the not-for-profit research partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham, is supporting a new European-wide initiative, the ALERT
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Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions

A new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, has received €5m EU funding to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) using real-time
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Alzheimer’s diagnosis more effective with IT

Computers are able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately than clinicians, according to researchers. A study published in
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The frustrations of GP e-mail

In the first of a new series of columns from a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes his experiences with
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McKesson says ESR job done

As the NHS Electronic Staff Record nears completion, E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma speaks to Charmaine McDonald, MD of McKesson UK,
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Home test websites giving misleading information

Websites selling home diagnostic tests are providing misleading and confusing information which could have serious health consequences, according to a
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FDBE releases SNOMED CT-based condition check

Clinical decision support specialist, First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has released live condition checking content within its drug knowledge base, the
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Cerner to integrate BNF into Millennium

Cerner is to integrate the British National Formulary’s (BNF) medicines information with the Cerner Millennium software for hospital systems in
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Fujitsu integrate JAC pharmacy at Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust has become the first trust to receive a JAC pharmacy system from local service provider
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German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records

Recent reports about incidents of data loss in the British healthcare system have alarmed medical doctors in other European countries.
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