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29 September 2005

GE to buy IDX for £681 million

General Electric Co.’s healthcare unit is to buy US health IT software supplier IDX Systems Corp. in a deal worth
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29 September 2005

Accreditation for e-prescription service software

Pharmacy software specialist, Systems Solutions, has received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health to transmit prescriptions electronically through N3, the
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23 September 2005

NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT

NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as
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6 September 2005

CfH business plan indicates delivery delay

NHS Connecting for Health has issued its first annual business plan listing the agency’s achievements and setting out a programme
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11 July 2005

Emerging technologies in CfH sights

  Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them
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7 July 2005

Call to publish Gateway reviews of IT projects

There is a ‘strong case’ for Gateway reviews of public sector IT-enabled projects to be published, the high powered House
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28 June 2005

E-health and the EU

The UK's presidency of the EU promises to be a significant one for e-health, Lyn Whitfield reports.
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28 June 2005

Warning to trusts on NPfIT costs

  The Audit Commission and National Audit Office have warned that the National Programme for IT will be a new
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7 June 2005

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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26 May 2005

Suppliers advised to develop standalone software

Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that it is advising its suppliers to develop standalone versions of their applications, not
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