England

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26 January 2009

ContactPoint goes live

The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country
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26 January 2009

Credit crunch hits UK and US hospitals

Hospitals in the US and UK are beginning to struggle to raise the funds they need for capital investment in
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22 January 2009

Business Intelligence

Daloni Carlisle looks at the tools on offer and the use that trusts are making of them.
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20 January 2009

New Zealand looks for wrap around IT

Seven of New Zealand district health boards have formed a collaboration to procure an “individual-centric” health management system. The seven
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19 January 2009

Heartlands rolls out JAC e-prescribing system

Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has started to roll out a JAC e-prescribing system across all three of
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16 January 2009

Airwave on tube but few ambulances

The Airwave radio network has been rolled out on the London Underground and has been presented as a step forward
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13 January 2009

Fast followers to lead SCR roll out

Seventeen primary care trusts are due to begin implementing the Summary Care Record before 1 April as part of a
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7 January 2009

New media core to pandemic flu plans

A UK-wide 24-hour telephone and web-based service would be the only route for people to get anti-viral medicines in the
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6 January 2009

Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today
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31 December 2008

This is the year to come

Sandra Hempel asks leading figures in healthcare IT to look ahead to 2009.
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