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Major trial of PHRs starts in Germany

Germany’s largest health insurance fund, Barmer, is working with InterComponentWare AG (ICW) on a three year research study looking at
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Health records a target for ‘the wicked’

Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation at Connecting for Health has admitted to the Commons Home Affairs Committee
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Revenue blunder is a lesson for public bodies

The Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of tight security and data protection in public sector bodies, following the security
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Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs

Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of
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Losing patient data may become a crime

The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according
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Select committee transparency call rejected

A call from the Commons Health Select Committee calling for more transparency from Connecting for Health has been rejected by
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Welsh want to contact GPs online

Almost four out of five internet users would like to be able to contact their GP practice online, according to
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT

Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States
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EHI’s industry news round-up 26.10.07

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 26 October, featuring supplier news, product launches, acquisitions and events.
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New information governance board announced

Members of the new National Information Governance Board for health and social care in England, the body who will be
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