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Mobile phones: the new tool to combat AIDS in Africa

Mobile phones will be used to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, it was announced at the 3GSM World
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Call to use Spine to find drug trial patients

The BioIndustry Association has expressed an interest in tapping into the NHS’s Spine database and using patient information to identify
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Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing

A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the
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Potential purchase of iSoft said to be nearing end-game

Newspaper reports today say that troubled software supplier iSoft is in talks with three final-stage bidders, naming US healthcare firms Cerner
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Wider engagement with pharmacists could yield benefits

Wider engagement with community pharmacists which could deliver a range of new services with the appropriate IT support and access
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Proposals for wider data sharing to be unveiled

The government is to make it easier for different department systems to share information about individuals currently held on separate
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SystmOne to be offered in NWWM

 TPP’s SystmOne is now being offered as an integrated primary care solution to users in the NHS Connecting for Health
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New oncology system goes live at Arden Cancer Centre

A new oncology-specific, image-enabled electronic medical record system has gone live in the Arden Cancer Centre, part of the University
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ScriptSwitch helps PCTs meet statin targets

Prescribing software can help to remind GPs to opt for cheaper generic drugs when they treat patients with high cholesterol,
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Health IT administrator charged with planting ‘logic bomb’

A former systems administrator in the US has been arrested by the FBI and charged after placing a ‘logic bomb’
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