Productivity

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16 March 2006

Healthcare bears brunt of spyware attacks

The healthcare and pharmaceutical industry sector is more likely than any other to come under attack from spyware, an international
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9 March 2006

Divided opinions on clinical coding switch

Health information managers fear they may not have the resources to implement the new OPCS4.3 clinical coding system due to
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16 February 2006

Missing link

Kingsley Manning from Newchurch wonders where the IT is in the new community care white paper, and what contribution CfH
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12 December 2005

Whole NHS budget under the microscope

Reports today suggest that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be included in a review of all health budgets
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13 June 2005

‘Medical Grade Networks’ launched by Cisco

Cisco Systems has launched Medical Grade Networks, its blueprint of the future networking requirements for healthcare organisations to deliver e-health
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30 November 2004

Speak for yourself

New developments in speech recognition technology could make it a useful tool for clinicians, says Marcel Wassink of Philips.
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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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19 October 2004

DR scanner improves radiology productivity by 60%

The installation of a new digital radiography (DR) system in Edith Cavell Hospital, Cambridgeshire, has boosted productivity in the radiology
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7 September 2004

NHS close to signing new Microsoft deal

The NHS is on the brink of signing a new three-year corporate licensing agreement with Microsoft to provide desktop applications
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26 August 2004

The productivity guessing game

Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity - but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether
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