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Better Information Needed for Sexual Health Services

Services struggling to cope with Britain’s deteriorating sexual health could be helped by a new approach to performance management underpinned
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US SNOMED Licence Raises Questions Over NHS Deal

A $32.4m contract signed by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the US National Library of Medicine will make
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Survey Makes “Compelling Case” for Electronic Records

Findings from an international survey highlighting problems with quality of care and wasted resources make a “compelling case” for electronic
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US Physicians Sceptical IT Can Cut Medical Errors

A new US study has highlighted a major gap between the strategies recommended by medical error experts to reduce errors,
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UK E-Health Association Conference

Highlights from the UK e-Health Association Conference, Cardiff, June 11-13 E-Health Media listened in on some of the presentations at
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Information Guidance on Shifting the Balance of Power

Guidance on maintaining or improving information flows and structures during the NHS’s Shifting the Balance of Power programme has been
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Misys Wins its Biggest Health IT Contract

UK IT firm Misys plc has signed its largest ever healthcare contract – in a deal to supply an enterprise-wide
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MD Consult Donates Online Medical Library to Latvia

Physicians, medical students and other health professionals in Latvia now have access to a comprehensive collection of medical resources available
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