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VHA Signs Agreement with IBM

VHA Inc., a leading US network of community-owned health care systems and physicians, has signed an agreement with IBM to
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Home Office to Consult on Smart ID Cards

The Home Office is to publish proposals to introduce identity cards in the UK, based on smart card technology, with
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IT Strategy – You Have Your Say

E-Health Insider’s request for fantasy IT strategies for the NHS struck a chord with many of you who sent in
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Information Guidance on Shifting the Balance of Power

Guidance on maintaining or improving information flows and structures during the NHS’s Shifting the Balance of Power programme has been
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US Healthcare IT Market Weathers Downturn

Despite the chill wind blowing through the technology market, the US health IT market proved resilient in 2001, largely avoiding
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Microsoft Launches NHS Integration Vision

Microsoft has launched a blueprint which it says will enable the NHS to integrate health legacy IT systems cost-effectively and
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CHI Reports Emphasise Need to Align Strategy and Operations

Three new reports by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) provide a series of snapshots of how NHS trusts are
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Siemens to Help Build Digital Hospital

Siemens Corporation is to work with the US HealthSouth Corporation to create a groundbreaking totally integrated, all-digital and completely automated
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Eli Lilly E-mail Lapse Highlight Need for Privacy Policies

Two news items from the US over the past week have highlighted the need for rigorous privacy policies when managing
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Seminars to Drive Message on Information Security

The NHS Information Authority has embarked on a mission to explain the international standard on information security management, ISO 17799,
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