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9 June 2009

Mike O’Brien new minister for NHS IT

Mike O’Brien, the MP for North Warwickshire, has become the latest minister to take responsibility for NHS Connecting for Health
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5 June 2009

Andy Burnham replaces Alan Johnson

Andy Burnham Andy Burnham has been named as the new health secretary. Burnham will replace Alan Johnson who moved to
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28 May 2009

Permanente way

Kaiser Permanente is making rapid progress with electronic health records. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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27 May 2009

NHS told to secure patient data

The Information Commissioner has written to the permanent secretary of the Department of Health demanding immediate improvements to the lax
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15 May 2009

E-Health Insider’s industry round up 15.5.09

This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers news from the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate, new products, system deployments and
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12 May 2009

Interim flu line plans unveiled

The Department of Health is drawing up plans for an interim flu line after admitting that its National Flu Line
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8 May 2009

Microsoft does cross-government deal

The Treasury has signed a cross-government deal with Microsoft that will allow licenses to be transferred across the public sector.
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1 May 2009

NHS Evidence launches

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has launched NHS Evidence, an online source of “fast, free, relevant and
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30 April 2009

Four more organisations breach DPA

The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against another four NHS organisations, taking the number rapped for data breaches
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27 April 2009

Politicians question major IT projects

Opposition politicians are lining up to promise to scrap major IT projects as the full scale of the coming public
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