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Patient records may only be shared locally, say CfH

Detailed electronic patient records will not be accessible outside the local groups of organisations that created them, in direct contradiction
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Review: Plundering the Public Sector

Michael Cross reviews David Craig's latest book which concentrates on the role of consultants in the National Programme for IT.
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Meet the suppliers: Healthy Software

E-Health Insider meets one GP system supplier which has adapted to the National Programme for IT by reinventing itself.
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US health IT head resigns

David Brailer, the US National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has resigned his position. Brailer who took up the post
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Carruthers becomes the fifth SRO for NHS IT programme

Sir Ian Carruthers, acting chief executive of the NHS, has been appointed the latest overall senior responsible owner for the
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Virtual reality heart failure pod goes on tour

  Doctors in the US are being given the opportunity to walk in the shoes of a patient with congestive
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Bluetooth ID badge handwashing monitor proposed

A team of academics, clinicians and computer scientists have developed a system that uses a Bluetooth-based wearable ID tag to
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No pleasure in Accenture losses, says Granger

Richard Granger, NHS director-general of IT, jokingly told conference delegates today that the $450m losses one of his prime contractors, Accenture,
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Meet the suppliers: Intersystems

Linda Davidson speaks to Terry Ragon, CEO of Intersystems, on how complex healthcare systems can be linked together.
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400,000 nurses to be registered on Contact

Connecting for Health has announced it is planning to ensure that every nurse in England as well as Scotland has their own
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