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Chesterfield Foundation Trust gets SRC digital dictation

SRC has won a European public procurement to provide a trust-wide digital dictation and workflow management solution to Chesterfield Royal
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GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott

A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to
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Tories back more collaborative approach on IT

Shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has said that the government needs to start taking advantage of the ‘collaborative forums that are
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Consumers prefer the ‘personal touch’ for online health

Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council has found that people searching for health advice online prefer websites
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iSoft Germany expand lab services customer base

iSoft Deutschland has announced their first laboratory system deployments in the private sector and drug research sector, plus laboratory and
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ExtraMed secure £500,000 investment

Scottish based healthcare IT software developers ExtraMed have secured £500,000 of investment to further develop products for the NHS market.
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Electronic referrals lack detail, study warns

A study comparing the quality of data content and clinical value of electronic and paper referrals in dermatology has found
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Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
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Over 21000 patients search QoF data

Patients have carried out more than 21,000 searches of GP practice data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) in
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UN warning on rogue internet pharmacies

Unregulated internet pharmacies are posing a high risk to patients, according to the United Nation’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
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