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Bolton moves to online pharmacy system

Actor Dave Spikey helps launch Bolton’s new robotic dispensing system. The Royal Bolton Hospital, part of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, has
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NHS boss says NPfIT ‘was not in right place’

NHS chief executive David Nicholson says the NHS IT programme had become too centralised to support the move to a
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Insurance companies to pay doctors for smartcards

After a year of negotiations, German health insurance companies have agreed to pay doctors for the smartcard readers and software
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Praise for departed head of CfH

With the news of Richard Granger’s departure as head of Connecting for Health, a number of the key individuals he
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Cerner to integrate BNF into Millennium

Cerner is to integrate the British National Formulary’s (BNF) medicines information with the Cerner Millennium software for hospital systems in
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Two pharmacy PHR projects launched in Germany

Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR
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EHI’s industry news roundup 11.01.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 11 January 2008. North Yorkshire PCT use digital pen and
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BMA to attempt to control internet drug sales

The British Medical Association (BMA) is to work with the UK government and the World Health Organisation to control internet
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Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs

Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of
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Six hospital connect on oncology with Varian

Six hospitals in the north of England have begun implementing medical oncology software from Varian Medical to help them function
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