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Making NP fit

Access to centralised records as promised by NPfIT will force a redesign of the way information is handled in the
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Preventing errors in phone consultations

A reminder to doctors to beware of the pitfalls of using the telephone to communicate with patients has come from
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Singapore’s National Healthcare Group buys Soarian

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a major deal with Singapore’s National Healthcare Group (NHG) for an enterprise-wide implementation of its
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Survey shows support for ‘.health’ TLD

There is considerable support for a ‘.health’ top level domain (TLD), but as long as it is restricted to sites
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Granger sets November deadline for BT in London

BT has been warned by NHS IT boss Richard Granger that they must hit a 28 November deadline to switch
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Rural US hospitals trailing on IT

A survey by the American Hospital Association of nearly 1,000 community hospitals in the US has revealed that only 10%
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Investment in clinical coding now critical

NHS trusts must urgently invest in the financial and performance management and supporting information systems, the Audit Commission says in
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Devon chooses Consensus for learning management

A learning management system supplied by CS Group has been chosen by five NHS trusts in the South Devon NHS
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Universities and WHO aiming for e-health for poor

The World Health Organisation is to start work with 17 universities across the world to bring e-health to developing countries, it
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Cash injection

After GE's purchase of IDX, are more medical systems companies eyeing up the healthcare IT market? Industry analyst James MacPherson
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