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Children’s database delayed to review security

The government has announced that the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, will be delayed for five months, so that a full
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German hospitals to exchange patient data

Staff at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, and neighbouring hospitals will soon routinely exchange comprehensive patient data across sites using a
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Ehealth one of UK’s major future technologies

The government’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named e-health as one of the most promising technologies for the
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New CEO of SNOMED CT appointed

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), owners of the SNOMED CT terminology, has announced that Jennifer Zelmer will
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