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Lessons from America

E-Health Insider talks to David Brailer, national co-ordinator for health IT in the US, about how the US and English
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Great Ormond Street selects JAC for drug management

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has signed a contract with JAC Computer Services, a division of US-based Mediware Information Systems,
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Free HL7 conference will focus on integration

HL7 UK is running a free one day conference on 9 February 2005 for NHS informatics professionals and clinicians who are
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RFID tags on medication introduced in US

US regulators the Food and Drug Administration have released guidance for the attachment of RFID tags to drug packaging in
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Standard NHS user interface to be developed

Microsoft has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Programme for IT to deliver a
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Mencap chief exec joins care record board

Jo Williams, chief executive of Mencap, the UK’s leading learning disability charity, has joined the National Programme for IT’s Care
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NPfIT refutes claims on unforeseen costs

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) last night issued a lengthy statement refuting claims that it will generate billions of
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Haematology software wins primary care award

Software that automatically works out correct dosages of anti-coagulation drugs for patients has won the prestigious John Perry Prize from
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Urgent need for joined-up IT to improve US healthcare

An influential new report identifies fragmentation as a key cause of problems in the American healthcare system and says IT
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MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity

Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes
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