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IBM donates code to open source health project

IBM has donated code to the Eclipse.org foundation’s Open Healthcare Framework (OHF), which works on increasing interoperability of healthcare software
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UK version of PubMed Central launched

A major initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas via an online digital archive of peer-reviewed research
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Public awareness low on e-health services

A picture of low public awareness of electronic health services emerges from a new survey of users with NHS Direct,
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Deaf signing shows videoconferencing’s potential

A service that offers deaf patients and their clinicians quick access to a sign language interpreter via a video link shows
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NHS IT project runs up £28.2m legal bill

Connecting for Health has received a £28.2m bill for legal work, one of the biggest ever bills for legal work
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Lack of NPfIT involvement concerns nurses

Two leading nurses have expressed deep concern at the lack of involvement of the nursing community in the design of
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NPfIT scrutinised by Public Accounts Committee

The Public Accounts Committee hearing into the NHS National Programme for IT yesterday heard that the £12.4bn programme is largely
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GP system users ‘super’ group to be formed

A new user group covering all the suppliers involved in the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative is being set up by NHS
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Healthy optimism?

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma looks in detail at the NAO report into NPfIT's progress, and how far it covers
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Germany’s team

The World Cup is not Frankfurt's only major event this summer. Phillipp Grätzel reports from ITeG, the German healthcare IT
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