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18 August 2005

Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed

Connecting for Health (CfH), the Department of Health’s IT agency, has said that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the
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11 August 2005

Hampshire SHA payroll staff transfer to Xansa

Xansa’s NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a joint venture with the DH designed to centralise financial systems across the NHS, has signed up
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8 August 2005

Electronic records ‘a first step’ to knowledge-based care

Electronic records are just the first step in harnessing information and communication technology to improve clinical care – the real
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1 August 2005

IT skills shortage due to bite next year

A looming IT staff shortage caused by accelerating retirement rates and fewer graduates coming into the IT profession is being
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28 July 2005

The ‘magic glue’

EHI speaks to Beverly Malone, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, about the importance of raising awareness of
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22 July 2005

Medicare to give away EPR software

Medicare, the largest US Federal payer of medical care, has announced that it is to help speed up the adoption
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21 July 2005

Bringing CfH into the mainstream

Richard Jeavons, director of IT service implementation at the DH, tells E-Health Insider about his role in pushing IT reform
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14 July 2005

Retinopathy software gets funding boost

 Digital Healthcare, Cambridge-based manufacturers of ophthalmic and diabetic retinopathy software, have just announced that they have received £3m of funding
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11 July 2005

Philips buys US PACS firm Stentor

  Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire Stentor, a US firm specialising in picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for
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29 June 2005

Calls for clarity in spirited BMA confidentiality debate

Doctors queued up to speak on the confidentiality issues raised by centralised electronic records in a lively open debate at the
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