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2 December 2008

Asian HIV/Aids Database launched

A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host
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28 November 2008

Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare

The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly
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28 November 2008

NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches

Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper
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27 November 2008

Lib Dems demand tougher data protection

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on
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26 November 2008

Hard Times?

What does this week’s pre-budget report mean for the NHS and its IT? Fiona Barr investigates.
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26 November 2008

Electronic fit notes to replace sick notes

An electronic ‘fit note’ is to replace paper sick notes from 2010 in a bid to get more people back
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25 November 2008

Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the
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21 November 2008

Data identified as key factor in PBC failure

Lack of high quality data is one of the key factors behind the poor progress of practice-based commissioning, the King’s
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19 November 2008

Left to their own devices?

An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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19 November 2008

Think-tank calls for QoF to be devalued

The value of the Quality and Outcomes Framework should be reduced from 30% of GP income to just 7%, according
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