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Archive: 2002

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9 May 2002

Steady Growth in “Cyberchondria”

Eighty percent of American adults who have access to the internet have used it to seek health or medical information,
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9 May 2002

Patient Access to Records via the Net on Trial

Bury Knowle Health Centre, one of the ERDIP pilot sites for patient access to electronic records, is testing out a
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7 May 2002

GHX and vamedis* Link in e-Procurement Consolidation

The Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has struck an agreement with German-based e-procurement solutions provider, vamedis*, to acquire vamedis*’ browser technology
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7 May 2002

McKesson Agrees Purchase of ALI Technologies

McKesson Corporation has agreed to buy ALI Technologies, a Vancouver-based enterprise medical imaging solutions company in a deal worth around
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2 May 2002

Medicdirect and Tiscali Join Up for New Health Channel

Medicdirect, the UK health web site with content provided by NHS consultants, has signed up to provide a new health
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1 May 2002

Leapfrog Group Extends Reach

The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best
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1 May 2002

ISOFT Boss Predicts Further Industry Consolidation

One of the key features of the new emerging national strategy on NHS IT will be the selection of preferred
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29 April 2002

MEDLINEplus Awarded URAC Quality Seal

Medlineplus, the online health information database service of the US National Library of Medicine (NLC), has been awarded health web
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25 April 2002

Reader’s Feedback – Summary No 1

Though we always say we welcome feedback, E-health Insider has, so far, not published comments from subscribers. Let’s start to
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24 April 2002

E-Purchasing Pioneer Posts Positive Financials

Neoforma Neoforma, one of the first US companies to create an online marketplace for purchasing healthcare supplies has recorded its
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