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Virginia Department of Health hacked

An attack on the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VDHP) website, resulted in a prescriptions website being hacked and a
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Recession hits US hospital IT projects

The US recession has forced more than half of the nation’s hospitals to either scale back or postpone IT projects,
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Cerner UK announces redundancies

Cerner has announced a round of redundancies of UK staff, based on the sharply reduced number of implementations it now
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Trafford chooses SRC for digital dictation

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has announced it is deploying a trust wide digital dictation solution from SRC, based on WinScribe digital
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Microsoft licenses HealthVault for Canada

Microsoft has signed a partnership with Canadian telecoms firm Telus, which will become the first firm outside the US to
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Interim flu line plans unveiled

The Department of Health is drawing up plans for an interim flu line after admitting that its National Flu Line
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ACS buys hosting and outsourcing firm

Advanced Computer Software, the owners of out of-hours software provider Adastra, has bought a hosting and outsourcing firm to accelerate
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech

General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm
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Lone NHS workers get safety alarms

The Department of Health has announced that 30,000 lone NHS workers are to get personal safety alarms incorporating location tracking
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Barco establishes new reference site

Medical imaging specialist Barco has announced a new customer reference site at the Dienst Medische Beeldvorming. This is the medical
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