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Internet abuse rises among public sector workers

The Audit Commission has published a report into IT abuse in the public sector, revealing that 47% of reported cases
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‘Soft camera’ could keep watch on health records

Healthcare applications for ‘soft camera’ technology that provides a keystroke-by-keystroke replay of actions performed on a file or record are
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Computer access for hospital doctors poor, say BMA

Some hospital doctors are expressing concerns that they do not have enough access to computers and e-mail to do their
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Reaction to IDX replacement

NHS IT leaders and industry experts have given a mixed reaction to the news that IDX is to be replaced
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Cerner in line for south contract

In the south of England plans have been drawn up since at least March on the basis that there would
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Welsh telemedicine in great shape, says First Minister

Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan, has lent his support to the use of telemedicine within the country, saying that it
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Judge for yourself

Do electronic health records have any force in law? American correspondent Neil Versel reports from the TEPR conference in Salt
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N3 hits 6,000 installations milestone

More than 6000 GP surgeries are now connected to the NHS broadband, N3, NHS Connecting for Health has claimed; however,
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First PACS installations go live … quietly

The first picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) installed under the National Programme for IT went live recently but details
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Burns steps down as NPfIT implementation lead

Alan Burns, the chief executive of Trent strategic health authority, has stood down as the implementation lead for the NHS
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