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BNF for mobile devices launched

Britain’s best-known medicines guide, the British National Formulary, is now available especially configured to be used on a range of
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CfH benefits bigger than problems

The new NHS computer system is fraught with problems but offers huge benefits if clinicians play a greater role in
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Patients need assurance on online health records

Patients need to be convinced that electronic personal health records (ePHRs) are safe and will benefit them, a group of
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Ireland to invest Euros 500m in e-health

The Irish Government will commit almost half a billion Euros of investment to e-health when it publishes its National Development
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60 second interview: Jonathan Kay

In our latest 60 second interview Jonathan Kay, Prof. of Health Informatics at City University, answers EHI's questions.
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RFID on the frontline

Using RFID to track high value medical equipment can save time and money, argues, Cisco's Terry Espiner.
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EU data privacy legislation speeding e-health

European legislation is helping to speed up development of healthcare IT infrastructure, whilst maintaining patient data privacy and security across
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Nurses unsure whether NHS can deliver EPRs

Over half of nurses do not believe or do not know whether the NHS can deliver an electronic patient record
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Receptionist call triage system launched

Decision support specialists Plain Healthcare have launched a new triage system for receptionists dealing with patients on the telephone or
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Lloyds Pharmacy IT system integrates Multilex DDF

First DataBank Europe (FDBE) has successfully integrated its Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) into Lloyds community pharmacy chain’s new
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