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2 November 2004

Large scale MiSys EPR goes live in Saudi

Saudi Arabia’s National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA), the healthcare facility for the Saudi Arabian military police, has gone live with
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1 November 2004

Open source software could save NHS money

The Office of Government Commerce has made recommendations that public procurement of software should consider open source solutions, citing, amongst
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29 October 2004

Surgeon tags patients with WiFi to improve safety

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is claiming to have the world’s first pilot of wireless active tagging system for patients, with links
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28 October 2004

New NHS email system switched on

The new NHS email system, Contact, has belatedly gone live after the abortive launch two weeks ago – but early
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28 October 2004

GPS helps dementia patients stay independent

The London Borough of Ealing is piloting a scheme that tracks mild dementia patients using GPS and mobile phones, allowing
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27 October 2004

Keeping an eye on ID

Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use
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27 October 2004

London Oncology Clinic selects IMPAC Medical Systems

The London Oncology Clinic, a private provider on oncology services, has selected IMPAC Medical Systems  to provide it with chemotherapy
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26 October 2004

Hospital clerk jailed for culling patient data

A hospital worker from Northern Ireland who collected information from the patient records of politicians, senior military and police personnel,
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26 October 2004

Welsh medical students get training smartcards

Medical students and junior doctors in Wales are to receive their own smartcards containing their employment and training details. Each
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25 October 2004

New information authority seeks chief exec

The new Health and Social Care Information Centre, which is due to take over the information management responsibilities of the
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