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1 May 2003

Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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30 April 2003

The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say 2

Our first batch of readers’ comments on the National Programme for IT in the NHS brought some interesting replies. The
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29 April 2003

Spring Quiz: The Answers

Thanks to everyone who entered the Spring Quiz. The winner is… Deirdre MacGuigan, Knowledge Development Co-ordinator, IM&T Modernisation Programme, Buckinghamshire
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29 April 2003

Procurement Starts on Telepathology for Tees Valley and County Durham

Procurement has started on telepathology technology to enable videoconferencing and image sharing between cancer physicians in the Tees Valley and
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24 April 2003

New Forum to Support Interoperability Standards

A new Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF) has been set up to actively support the design of interoperability standards covering
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24 April 2003

“Rocky Road” to e-Procurement Predicted

European healthcare institutions show a growing willingness to embrace electronic procurement of supplies but there will be a rocky road
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23 April 2003

Joining Up Is Hard To Do

Technology has an important role to play in the realising the ideal of “joined up” public services, but progress has
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22 April 2003

£27m for Digital Cameras to Track Diabetic Retinopathy

A total of £27m has been allocated to buy digital eye screening cameras for use in tracking retinopathy in people
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16 April 2003

National Programme Names LSP and NASP Candidates

The National Programme for IT in the NHS has announced a “longlist” of 31 individual firms and consortia who have
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16 April 2003

NHS Urged to Adopt EAN.UCC Standard

UK-based campaigning group, e.centre, has welcomed a ruling by the US Food and Drug Administration mandating the use of a
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