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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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10 September 2009

Labour’s O’Brien: NHS safe in our hands

Junior health minister Mike O’Brien has claimed that the NHS is “safe in our hands” and that the government will
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10 September 2009

GE builds body sensor networks

GE Healthcare has announced that it is developing a wireless medical monitoring system, which could replace the need for the
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4 September 2009

Twitter and YouTube to combat Swine Flu

The US Centres for Disease Control is to use a range of online social media tools, including Twitter, YouTube, to
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1 September 2009

ICNet secures Irish contract

ICNet International has won a contract from the Irish Health Executive to install its healthcare associated infection surveillance and case
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26 August 2009

US releases $1.2 billion for EMRs

The US government is releasing $1.2 billion (€800m) to help healthcare providers implement and use electronic medical records. The grants
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26 August 2009

Informatica helps Wales track swine flu

NHS Wales is using software developed by Informatica Systems to monitor pandemic flu on a daily basis. The Primary Care
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21 August 2009

Tunstall calls for government action

Tunstall has called on the government to follow through on its policy to make telehealth “integral rather than marginal” after
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20 August 2009

RCGP sets out principles for SEPRs

The Royal College of General Practitioners has published a report on the implementation and use of shared electronic patient records
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18 August 2009

iSoft bullish on annual results

Australian health IT firm iSoft says that it expects to implement its first Lorenzo 1.9 site during the course of
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