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Wireless days

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Hospital NHS Trust won the best use of wireless healthcare category of last year’s BT e-Health
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NHS told to secure patient data

The Information Commissioner has written to the permanent secretary of the Department of Health demanding immediate improvements to the lax
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Wandsworth abandons Cerner plans

NHS Wandsworth has abandoned plans to install Cerner Millennium at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, saying the system is not suited
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Virginia Department of Health hacked

An attack on the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VDHP) website, resulted in a prescriptions website being hacked and a
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Professionals start using ContactPoint

Up to 800 health, education and social care professionals are to start using the national children’s database ContactPoint from today,
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RiO upgrades suspended in London

Moves to upgrade NHS organisations in London to the latest NHS Spine-connected version of the RiO community and mental health
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Interpol issues swine flu spam warning

The international police organisation Interpol has issued a warning about the potential for criminals to exploit the swine flu outbreak
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UltraGenda revamps booking for Bruges

UltraGenda has revamped the booking application it built for the St Jan hospital in Bruges because referring physicians disliked the
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ICW works on New York e-prescriptions

German e-health firm InterComponentWare has partnered with the New York E-health Collaborative and Surescripts, the operator of the largest US
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EMRs named top priority in HIMSS survey

Implementing electronic medical records has become the top priority for senior healthcare information professionals, a major US survey has shown.
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