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28 February 2008

The bigger picture at HIMSS

Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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22 February 2008

Google Health unveils electronic record pilot

Google is piloting a system which lets patients transfer their existing medical information to its new online Personal Health Record.
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21 February 2008

Wales increases telemedicine spend

Hospitals across Wales are to be given a share of almost £33m to buy new telemedicine equipment and improve patient
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19 February 2008

Data loss prompts Dudley to spend on security

The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust will spend £135,000 on new computer security software, following the theft of a
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19 February 2008

New GP leads aim to connect

Dr Peter Short, one of two new GP clinical leads just appointed by Connecting for Health, is clear about how
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19 February 2008

PCT uses text messages to tackle obesity

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT has piloted the use of text messaging to calculate patients’ body mass indexes (BMIs) and contact
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19 February 2008

Health informatics one of the ‘grand challenges’

Advancing health informatics has been listed as one of the 21st century’s greatest challenges by a panel of leading engineers
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18 February 2008

QRisk could cut heart disease

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that the QRisk formula for identifying those most at risk of
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18 February 2008

Siemens plans acquisition of CAS innovations

Siemens Healthcare has unveiled plans to strengthen its position in the field of computer-assisted surgery with the acquisition of German
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15 February 2008

EHI’s industry news roundup 15.02.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 15 February 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, awards and
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