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27 March 2008

Centre for robotic surgery opened in London

Robotic assistant in action. A centre for robotic surgery has been created at Imperial College London with the aid of the
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25 March 2008

Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts

Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a
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25 March 2008

Sweden chooses InterSystems for NPO

The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.
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20 March 2008

Choice extended to all hospitals in England

Patients having non-emergency treatment in England will be able to choose from any hospital in the country as of 1 April, the
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19 March 2008

VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics

German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients. The paper urges politicians to make greater
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19 March 2008

Imperial integration

The UK's first Academic Health Science Centre is generating a significant systems integration challenge for the merged institution’s IT professionals.
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18 March 2008

Data recording may explain trust’s high death rate

An inadequate system for recording and coding data on patients has been blamed by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust for
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18 March 2008

CETIR deploys Agfa PACS in Catalonia

The CETIR radiology group, one of the two main private providers of radiological services in Catalonia, Spain, is to deploy
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14 March 2008

NPfIT spent half total planned in first three years

The £12bn NHS IT programme had spent barely half the amount it had planned to by March 2007, due to
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14 March 2008

iSoft become Sentillion’s first UK partner

iSoft has signed an agreement with US-based single sign-on specialist Sentillion, to become its first healthcare channel partner in Europe.
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