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22 December 2004

ID cards may become healthcare ‘entitlement’ cards

The National Programme for IT has begun initial conversations with the Home Office to examine how the IT infrastructure being
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22 December 2004

Lessons from America

E-Health Insider talks to David Brailer, national co-ordinator for health IT in the US, about how the US and English
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13 December 2004

OGC publishes new standard public IT contract terms

The Office of Government Commerce has announced new standard contract terms which are aimed at speeding up the tendering process
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7 December 2004

Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms

A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut
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3 December 2004

Microsoft launches Welsh language pack for Windows XP

Microsoft has launched a Welsh Language Pack for Windows XP and Office 2003 that will translate Windows menus and Office
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1 December 2004

Volunteers needed for NHS Office UI testing

Volunteer health professionals are needed by Microsoft and the National Programme for IT to provide user feedback on the development
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17 November 2004

Cerner to buy private physician system supplier

Kansas-based Cerner Corp. has today announced that it has signed an agreement to buy the Medical Division of VitalWorks Inc,
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4 November 2004

Standard NHS user interface to be developed

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Programme for IT to deliver a
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3 November 2004

Microsoft signs new software deal with NPfIT

Health minister John Hutton has announced a three-year software licensing deal with Microsoft, claiming savings for the NHS of up
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1 November 2004

Open source software could save NHS money

The Office of Government Commerce has made recommendations that public procurement of software should consider open source solutions, citing, amongst
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