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NHS Choices website launched

The Department of Health has launched the new NHS Choices website, replacing the previous NHS.uk website. The new website, which
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60 Seconds Interview: Neil Kirby

Continuing with our series of articles focusing on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez interviews Neil Kirby, an Electronic
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No new money for GPSoC – now due July

Funding for the GP Systems of Choice initiative will come from existing Connecting for Health funds rather than new funds,
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GPs say Choose and Book currently ‘unfit for purpose’

GP representatives have rejected calls for Choose and Book to be suspended but have branded the scheme as currently unfit
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Carestream and Hitachi create clinical data store

Carestream Health and Hitachi Data Systems have announced they have collaborated to create a powerful data management solution that will
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E-mail with patients will demand new skills

E-mail communication with patients will require astute judgement from doctors about which correspondents need to be evaluated in person and
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DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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Initiate signs agreement with SQLI Groupe

Initiate Systems, the supplier of patient data management and enterprise master patient index solutions, has announced a new strategic agreement with
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Fulsome praise for departing CfH boss

The news that Richard Granger is to leave Connecting for Health and the helm of the NHS IT Programme later
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Germany

E-Health Europe outlines some of the key trends shaping the development of e-health in Germany, Europe's largest healthcare system. E-Health
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