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Speakers announced for 2008 HL7 UK conference

Speakers at the sixth annual HL7 UK Conference will include a strong supplier and international line-up. They include Matthew Swindells, the
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Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant
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InterSystems introduces DeepSee

US health IT systems specialist InterSystems has announced the international launch of its new business intelligence (BI) product, DeepSee. The
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Northern Ireland picks Sectra for RIS/PACS

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has selected Swedish medical IT specialist Sectra to provide the technology for managing radiology information
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Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems

Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).
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Northumbria awards Olympus pathology contract

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Olympus UK a seven-year managed service contract for core pathology. Olympus has been
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UK group urges rethink on drug advertising

An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans
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Keogh outlines priorities for new head of IT

NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has stepped down as the Department of Health’s interim director general for informatics and
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Dutch study raises concern about phone triage

A study of out of hours services in the Netherlands has revealed shortcomings in the way patients are triaged. The
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UK Terminology Centre appoints clinical director

NHS Connecting for Health has appointed Dr James Paton as clinical director for the UK Terminology Centre. The centre, which
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