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23 September 2004

Over 5,000 GP practices now ready for QMAS

The Department of Health have announced that over 5,000 out of the 9,000 GP practices in England are now able
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22 September 2004

MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity

Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes
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16 September 2004

NPfIT mandates LSP PACS solutions

The National Programme for IT has reclassified picture archiving and communications system (PACS)  as a “core NPfIT service" but, unlike
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15 September 2004

Why GPs face Hobson’s choice

An exclusive interview with Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, about how he believes that GPs are being denied
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10 September 2004

Health connectivity: the global holy grail

SAN FRANCISCO— The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) may be the envy of many a country for its £6.2
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2 September 2004

EMIS users urged to protest about systems choice

The head of the EMIS National User Group (NUG) has written to all EMIS users calling on them to lobby
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19 August 2004

Pharmacies may soon open online, says DH

The Department of Health have announced that solely internet-based pharmacies may soon be allowed to open in the UK and
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17 August 2004

EDS given £9m compensation for NHSmail contract

EDS is to recieve £9m in compensation from the Department of Health for the cancellation of its 10-year contract to
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13 August 2004

The future of digital imaging

The government recently announced that all acute trusts in England will move to PACS within the next three years. This
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13 August 2004

Six new companies brought under NPfIT banner

The National Programme for IT have announced six new “enterprise-wide" agreements between suppliers of software and hardware infrastructure and services,
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