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14 December 2006

Minister responsible for NPfIT to retire

Lord Warner the health minister responsible for the £12.4bn NHS IT project is to retire at the end of the
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14 December 2006

Heart of England invests in digital retinopathy

Information management and storage specialists, EMC Corporation, have implemented two EMC Centera content storage systems at the Heart of England
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13 December 2006

GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers

A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed
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13 December 2006

Fujitsu hits 100m PACS images

Fujitsu Services, the NHS’s IT prime contractor for the South of England, has today recorded the 100 millionth patient image
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13 December 2006

Bridgeforward and Quicksilva partner on integration

Software providers BridgeForward and Quicksilva have announced a partnership to focus on integrated connectivity solutions for healthcare. BridgeForward Software, a specialist
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13 December 2006

Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi

A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity
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13 December 2006

Don’t opt-out patients by default, GPs advised

GP practices concerned about the confidentiality of patient records under the NHS Care Records Service have been advised not to
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12 December 2006

Cerner problems ‘reported before NOC go-live’

A problem with appointment bookings that hit Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital when it went live with its new Cerner system had
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12 December 2006

EMIS sponsored feature

This special feature examines how the Qute programme will not only offer GPs an easy way of reconciling bills from
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12 December 2006

PRIMIS CHART e-audit tool launched

An e-audit tool to allow GP practices to assess the quality of their data as part of the IM&T directed
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