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Safety technology needed to protect nurses, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for the NHS to fund mobile devices to enable community nurses working alone
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Community staff in Nottingham trial wireless record access

Community-based health professionals in Nottingham have taken part in a successful three month mobile technology trial, using wireless broadband-enabled laptops
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System C buys private healthcare specialist IQ Systems

System C Healthcare has acquired private sector health IT specialists IQ Systems Services in a deal worth approximately £2m, it
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Essex River implement remote access for radiologists

Radiologists at the Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust are able to view PACS images remotely thanks to a new secure
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Millennium problems at Taunton condemned by consultant

Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust have delayed deploying Cerner Millennium software due to ‘severe security problems’, the BMA’s Annual Representative
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Philips speech recognition now Citrix Ready

Royal Philips Electronics have announced that their speech recognition system SpeechMagic has successfully received ‘Citrix Ready’ status, which will allow
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BMA conference says C+B limits patient choice

The British Medical Association’s annual conference has condemned Choose and Book as currently unfit for purpose and claimed the scheme
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Portugal launches health advice helpline

The Portuguese National Health Service has launched a new national health helpline, which will use the same technology as the NHS
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60 Seconds Interview: Neil Kirby

Continuing with our series of articles focusing on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez interviews Neil Kirby, an Electronic
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E-mail with patients will demand new skills

E-mail communication with patients will require astute judgement from doctors about which correspondents need to be evaluated in person and
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