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Medicare to give away EPR software

Medicare, the largest US Federal payer of medical care, has announced that it is to help speed up the adoption
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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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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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Electronic decision support for US veterans

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to introduce a new computer system at all its 158 medical centres
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Sun awarded ‘tactical’ NHS desktop contract

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has concluded an evaluation project with Sun Microsystems over the potential use of Sun’s
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Government says open source not a ‘hype bubble’

The Office of the e-Envoy has issued an updated consultation paper on the use of open source software (OSS) by
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Full Clinician Involvement Key to Success – Reader Comment

In response to the recent debate in E-Health Insider about whether PDAs or tablet PCs offer the best device to
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Tablet PC Vs PDA – The Debate Continues (Part 3)

Over the past month E-Health Insider readers have debated the relative merits of PDAs and Tablet PCs in healthcare. This
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PDAs or Tablet PCs? – The debate continues…

Last week Dr Andrew Harrison wrote about his experience of using a Tablet PC on the wards – The Tablet
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Open Source: Tablet PCs Wrong for Doctors – Steve Garrington, CEO Torex Health

Last week hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, shared his experience of testing a Tablet PC on the wards. Steve Garrington, chief
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