Quality

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23 October 2007

Warning on health systems’ vulnerabilities

Commercial electronic health record systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices, according to a study
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22 October 2007

NHS Direct launches asthma support programme

NHS Direct is to launch a telephone review and follow-up programme for all patients who have been prescribed Symbicort Maintenance
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18 October 2007

Smartphone patient monitoring showcased

Finland’s, eHIT, a specialist in healthcare software, has developed a new patient sensor and smartphone-based monitoring system, to deliver round-the-clock
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16 October 2007

RCN offers distance learning with Open University

The Royal College of Nursing has partnered with the Open University to provide distance learning courses, aiming to create development
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15 October 2007

Philips integrate SpeechMagic with 3M creation suite

Users of the Philips speech recognition engine SpeechMagic will be able to create documents immediately, after the company signed a
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11 October 2007

IBA boss: battle has just begun

Gary Cohen, the Australian chief executive of IBA Health, has good reason to celebrate - IBA Health is now poised
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10 October 2007

Mid Cheshire switch to Ascribe e-prescribing

Pharmacists at the Mid Cheshire NHS Hospitals Trust have started using a web-based e-pharmacy system from Ascribe to fully automate
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10 October 2007

NHS budget to reach £110 billion by 2011

The NHS is to receive an increased budget from £90 billion this year to £110 billion by 2010-11, an increase
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10 October 2007

Belgian hospital extends PACS to satellite locations

The Saint Luc Bouge Hospital in Belgium is extending its Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) and computed radiography (CR)
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5 October 2007

Lord Darzi pledges IT review

A review of England’s NHS IT modernisation programme to ensure it “delivers real clinical benefits” is promised in health minister
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