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Millennium problems at Taunton condemned by consultant

Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust have delayed deploying Cerner Millennium software due to ‘severe security problems’, the BMA’s Annual Representative
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Map of Medicine partners with NHS Choices

Map of Medicine, an NHS-funded knowledge management tool, is partnering with the new NHS Choices website to provide patients with
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health

McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of
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Philips speech recognition now Citrix Ready

Royal Philips Electronics have announced that their speech recognition system SpeechMagic has successfully received ‘Citrix Ready’ status, which will allow
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Coventry and Warwick install digital patient tracking

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has implemented a new web-based emergency department patient tracking system called ED Whiteboard
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Bridgwater deploys telemedicine ECG software

Bridgwater Community Hospital has deployed a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide expert cardiology reporting for patients
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Carestream expand eHealth business

Carestream Health has announced that it will be expanding the role of its eHealth Managed Services Business, which is dedicated
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Talking web pages introduced on NHS Direct

NHS Direct has agreed a deal with Brousealoud.com, specialists in reading web pages aloud for people who find it difficult
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BMA votes for non co-operation on central records

Doctors have voted for a public inquiry into NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and have called on the BMA to advise
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Johnson named as new health secretary

Alan Johnson has today been appointed as England’s new health secretary by Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The former education secretary
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