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4 November 2008

European Commission allies with HIMSS

The European Commission has announced it will merge its annual high level ministerial e-health conference with an industry event run
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4 November 2008

CSW Health goes into administration

Health IT firm CSW Group Ltd, the owners of CSW Health, the Oxford-based specialist in XML-based software applications, has been
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4 November 2008

Panasonic Toughbook MCA launched

A new mobile clinical assistant, billed as “designed for nurses by nurses” will be officially launched today at the World
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4 November 2008

Elsevier launches German version of MD Consult

Elsevier has announced the launch of DoctorConsult the German language version of its MD Consult clinical decision support tool. Elsevier
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3 November 2008

Call for common e-health standards

A new study advocates the development of a common strategy and roadmap for e-health standards development, to support interoperability and
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29 October 2008

Gematik to evaluate USB sticks for patient records

The German national health IT body has agreed to evaluate USB sticks as a means of storing and carrying electronic
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29 October 2008

Germany to accredit online pharmacies

The German Ministry of Health is working on a new interactive labelling system to increase public confidence in online pharmacies.
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27 October 2008

Rand study calls for US national health ID

The US RAND Corporation has called for the introduction of a unique patient identification number for every person in the
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24 October 2008

DH wants ISO equivalent for health information

The Department of Health is tendering for an organisation to run a scheme to accredit health and social care information
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23 October 2008

Healthcare Interoperability Preview 3

Stephen O’Brien tells Jon Hoeksma that interoperability is the starting point for future Conservative healthcare IT strategy.
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