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16 February 2006

HIMSS makes European move

Nine European organisations and HIMSS, the US-based Health Information and Management Systems Society, have combined to produce a new conference,
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15 February 2006

US health IT tsar rejects ‘Google’ style record sharing

The idea of a creating a virtual network that keeps health data in its original store and shares information via
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13 February 2006

NHS trusts urged to rethink mobile policies

NHS trusts are being urged to rethink their policies on mobile phone use, due to public concerns over the high
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9 February 2006

Cerner confident of delivery in the South

Leading NHS clinical software supplier Cerner Corporation announced last week that it was on track to deliver in the Southern
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8 February 2006

Manchester hospitals link up with GPs

Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust have launched a system that enables clinical correspondence to be electronically
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2 February 2006

Cyber carers

Colin Jervis investigates whether robot medics will ever evolve to the same level as their flesh-and-blood counterparts, in his second
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2 February 2006

Bush renews call for more use of healthcare IT

Health information technology advocates are hailing another call by US President George W. Bush for greater use of IT in
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31 January 2006

‘Plymouth’ offered as an interim solution

Connecting for Health has shelved plans to provide NHS acute trusts across three regions in England with an integrated, strategic
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30 January 2006

PDA adapted to control intravenous pain-relief

  A US company has linked up an intravenous medication pump to a handheld computer that allows patients to control
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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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