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No easy wins

Fiona Barr finds out how smaller healthcare IT suppliers are faring
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It’s cold out there

Malcolm Newbury of IHE UK says it’s time to break out of Groundhog Day and find a new way of
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Tories promise records for all

Patient-held records are one of the Conservative Party’s priorities for health, according to plans published today. The party said it would
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Mind the gap

Brian Derry from the NHS Information Centre reflects on the coming financial crunch and how informatics can help the NHS
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Lorenzo has just 174 ‘regular users’

Figures released by the government show that a year after the first hospital went live with Lorenzo, there are only
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Nottingham extends cancer solution

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has announced it will deploy a customised reporting solution across 15 of its specialist tumour
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€22.5m for Dutch biobank network

The Dutch government has awarded a consortium of health research groups €22.5m to establish a national biobanking infrastructure. The project,
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Jail threat for misuse of personal data

Individuals who “knowingly or recklessly” misuse personal data could face a jail term of up to two years, under proposals
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Texts double smokers’ quit rate

An international study has shown that programmes that use text messaging to help people stop smoking can double the chances
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Vet centre

Dr Adam Darkins explains to Neil Versel why telehealth is key to the future of the Veterans Health Administration.
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