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6 October 2008

GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality

A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record
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2 October 2008

Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems

Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).
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2 October 2008

Virtualisation at Epsom and St Helier

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is using virtualisation for its print servers and infrastructure management, and has
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1 October 2008

Campaign 2008

Neil Versel looks at what Obama and McCain plan for healthcare IT in the US.
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29 September 2008

Nicholson reinforces encryption message

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has asked NHS chief executives to check that their organisations are encrypting all removable data.
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26 September 2008

DH looks at single urgent care number

The Department of Health has said that it will publish proposals for a single, national telephone number for urgent care
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26 September 2008

Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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22 September 2008

New government funding for telecare

The government’s Technology Strategy Board has announced £11m funding for telehealth and telecare projects, to take the technology to the
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19 September 2008

Independent CIOs round table report

Download the full report for free Independent sector providers need to position themselves to actively anticipate and influence future NHS
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9 September 2008

DH backs away from 084 telephone ban

The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben
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