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Major Grants to Develop ISABEL Decision Support Tool

Funding totalling £127,000 over three years has been awarded by the Department of Health to develop the ISABEL paediatric diagnosis
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Open Source: PCTs Must Continue to Offer Choice of Systems

In the new slot for opinion and comment Dr Nilesh Jain of Torex Health takes up the question of GPs
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Italian Cardiology Network Chooses E-Ceptionist

US-based E-Ceptionist has announced that Cardnet, an Italian cardiology hospital network, is to start using its Internet-based case management and appointment
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Open Source: ‘Rescue Community Nurses from IT Exile’

In the second of our new ‘Open Source’ columns Mark Reynolds, managing director of TopCall UK argues for community nurses
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Capio Healthcare Strikes Deal with Cerner

Swedish-based Capio Healthcare, which runs private hospitals and diagnostic services in eight European countries has chosen Cerner Corporation as its
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Torex Buys Obs & Gynae Systems Specialist

Torex continued its march along the acquisition trail with the purchase of Protos Limited, the UK’s dominant provider of obstetric
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Survey Makes “Compelling Case” for Electronic Records

Findings from an international survey highlighting problems with quality of care and wasted resources make a “compelling case” for electronic
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Motion Media Selected for Belgium ‘Telehealth’

Videophones designed by UK visual technology specialists Motion Media Technology are to be used to deliver ‘telehealth’ services in Belgium
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Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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New Forum to Support Interoperability Standards

A new Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF) has been set up to actively support the design of interoperability standards covering
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