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Robot surgeons at Barts Health NHS trust start operating

Da vinci robots, which provides minimally invasive surgery for patients, have been introduced at Barts Health NHS trust thanks to
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Isoshealth hopes to simplify health practitioners access

A digital platform which links up dietitians, physiotherapists and psychologists from the private sector is looking to simplify health practitioner
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Consultant Connect hopes to ease winter pressures on A&E departments

A platform which gives GPs the ability to immediately speak to a local specialist is hoping to help ease winter
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Leeds brings Theriak e-prescribing to UK

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to sign a partnership agreement with Belfast-based CIS
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First European deal for HealthVault

Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement to licence Microsoft’s personal health record platform, HealthVault, in Germany.
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IT rules

Sarah Bruce goes to King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s annual IT open day - and is surprised to find
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Do more, with less

Department of Health policy and informatics guidance lays bare the scale of the challenge facing the NHS as the credit
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£800m already spent on NPfIT in South

The National Programme for IT in the NHS has spent two thirds of its original allocation, but one strategic health
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh HIS tender

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is tendering for a hospital information system to replace its patient administration system
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Tech vital to medication adherence

Information technology has a vital role to lay in cutting medication-related errors and improving medication adherence among older people, suggests
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