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25 January 2006

Strand acquires Prism Risk Management

  Warrington, Cheshire, based mental health clinical software company Strand Technology has announced that it has acquired Prism Risk Management,
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24 January 2006

Epocrates launches in UK and Europe

Epocrates Inc., the US firm specialising in mobile systems for the healthcare industry, has announced its expansion into the global
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24 January 2006

New medical students to face computer test

  Many students applying to university to study medicine or dentistry will be required to undergo a 90-minute computer aptitude
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23 January 2006

More focus on research needed in NPfIT, says report

Leading academic medical researchers say that the Care Record Guarantee currently makes commitments that, if strictly interpreted would prevent a
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12 January 2006

Robot revolution

Colin Jervis, director of Kinetic Consulting, looks at how robots are being used on wards and in operating theatres in
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12 January 2006

Hammersmith chooses Technidata for blood transfusion

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a contract with Technidata to replace its two existing blood transfusion systems with TD-BloodBank,
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10 January 2006

Doctors critical of NPfIT costs, survey finds

Doctors believe the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) could provide valuable benefits to clinical care in the long term, but
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30 December 2005

Talking cure

Steve Tocker from Softech Global outlines how voice recognition and digital dictation can be used in the healthcare sector, and
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29 December 2005

Scottish NHS staff miss PCs for Christmas

NHS staff in Lothian has been left without a new home computer for Christmas bought through the Home Computing Initiative after BT
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29 December 2005

CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging

Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single
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