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17 August 2004

Electronic patient records secure Athens Olympics

Electronic health records are providing an important piece of security around the Athens 2004 Olympics, thanks to a collaboration between
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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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3 August 2004

Doctors’ support for NPfIT tailing off, says survey

A new survey has revealed that doctors’ support for the aims of the national programme has fallen to 54% from
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29 July 2004

NPfIT receives Big Brother award for privacy fears

The National Programme for IT has won “Most Appalling Project" at Privacy International’s 6th Annual UK Big Brother awards at
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26 July 2004

MP tables questions on iSoft accounting

iSoft, a leading supplier of clinical software under the NHS’ National Programme for IT, has come under parliamentary scrutiny over
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26 July 2004

Secure email for health unscrambles new markets

Kodak’s Secure Email System (SES), which up until now has been used solely in healthcare, has been made available to
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13 July 2004

IT skills need improving to see savings, think tank warns

The Work Foundation has urged caution that the Chancellor’s plans to save money through IT projects in the NHS and in other government
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24 June 2004

Big savings for NHS PASA through internet auctions

A report published today has shown that the NHS Purchasing And Supply Agency’s (PASA) pilot of eAuctions has been a
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23 June 2004

Combative Granger defends speed of IT reform

Richard Granger, Director General of NHS IT, has hit back at critics of his approach to implementing the national programme,
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