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Archive: 2005

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14 June 2005

Solving the maze

Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.
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14 June 2005

Commons to debate practice manager’s opt-out case

Medical records and the case of Helen Wilkinson, who tried unsuccessfully to opt out of centrally-stored NHS electronic recording, will
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13 June 2005

‘Medical Grade Networks’ launched by Cisco

Cisco Systems has launched Medical Grade Networks, its blueprint of the future networking requirements for healthcare organisations to deliver e-health
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13 June 2005

Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics

The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based
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13 June 2005

Software piloted for better cancer data collection

Pilot IT systems have been implemented in two local cancer registries with the intention of improving the quality of the
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10 June 2005

GP database study raises questions about NSAIDS

A database of anonymised GP records run by the University of Nottingham and EMIS has provided the data for a
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10 June 2005

Chip in the eye can improve sight

A German start-up company has developed a software-driven eye implant that electrically stimulates nerve cells, allowing visually-impaired people to see
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9 June 2005

Internet abuse rises among public sector workers

The Audit Commission has published a report into IT abuse in the public sector, revealing that 47% of reported cases
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9 June 2005

Tag team care

Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care
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9 June 2005

‘Soft camera’ could keep watch on health records

Healthcare applications for ‘soft camera’ technology that provides a keystroke-by-keystroke replay of actions performed on a file or record are
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