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Patient confidentiality extends beyond death

The Information Tribunal has ruled that medical records of a dead woman should not be released, because there is still
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RTX launch new telehealth monitor

Danish telecare specialist, RTX Healthcare, is to launch a new wireless telehealth monitor, which it claims is interoperable with any
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PRIMIS Plus awarded John Perry Prize

PRIMIS+ has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group conference for
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Suppliers set routes on the GPSoC roadmap

TPP’s SystmOne and the wide area network version of EMIS PCS should meet Connecting for Health standards for hosted systems
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CRS delayed MRSA patients being isolated

Problems with the Care Records System installed at Buckingham Hospitals NHS Trust resulted in delays to potentially infectious patients with
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National Library for Health links up Athens sign on

The NHS National Library for Health has boosted its user friendliness by incorporating a modified version of the access and
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Adastra links with Map of Medicine

Out-of-hours clinicians using the Adastra system can now access the Map of Medicine clinical reference tool directly from Adastra’s On-line
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Telephone depression treatment helps employees

Telephone cognitive behavioural therapy for depressed employees could have beneficial effects on not only clinical outcomes, but also workplace outcomes,
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More Europeans using internet for health information

The use of the internet for health purposes is increasing across the continent, a survey of seven European countries has
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Finnish screening service instals Directview CR

Clinicians at the private Suomen Terveystalo OOyj screening service in Finland are benefiting from improved workflow efficiency and image quality
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