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Opposition calls for rethink on data storage

The debate over healthcare data security took a political turn as the opposition called on the government to change its
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iPhone service locates open pharmacies

Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
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Announcement on CfH future due in ‘weeks’

The future of NHS IT agency, Connecting for Health, remains unclear as 2007 ends, with the Department of Health saying
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ETP could cut dispensing errors in half

Dispensing errors could be cut by nearly 50% if pharmacists used an authentification system linked to the electronic transfer of
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German doctors switch on to Web 2.0

The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel
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PCTs must roll-out summary records in 2008-09

PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full
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Sicily uses Orbis to evaluate EPR plans

Agfa HealthCare’s ORBIS Electronic Patient Record software is to be used in an evaluation of sharing patient information across the
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£16.45m renewal contract for IB Solutions

A ten-year £16.45m managed service contract to host Oracle financials and procurement applications for a consortium of 56 NHS bodies
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After the security storm

Data security experts believe the recent HMRC recent data disaster holds vital lessons for the health service, EHI editor Linda
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2007 in review

As the year draws to a close E-Health Insider casts an eye over the health IT developments that made the
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