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Medica: Crisis? What crisis?

Is the health industry blind to economic reality and guilty of wishful thinking? Philipp Grätzel reports from Medica.
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Five priorities for primary care IT

Grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul outlines the five priorities for NHS IT that have been identified in his area.
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Sponsored Feature: Intersystems

InterSystems has two parts to its business. One is delivering patient administration and clinical decision support applications. The other is
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Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the
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Patients divided on pharmacy records

Patient opinion is divided over whether pharmacists should have access to electronic records, with more than a quarter opposing such a
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Siemens partners with Asklepios chain

Siemens is to make its hospital information system i.s.h.med part of the Asklepios Future Hospital Programme.
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QoF closes a deprivation gap

The gap between the least and most deprived areas of England for blood pressure monitoring and control has almost disappeared since
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Remote access across North Mersey

North Mersey Health Informatics Service has implemented a remote access solution for community-based clinicians, using laptops and 3G services. Already,
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CfH condemns smartcard sharing

One in six GPs claim that NHS staff in their area have shared smartcards, according to a survey by doctors’
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iSoft announces new products at Medica

iSoft has launched two integrated care systems for the German market, based on the company’s new Lorenzo software.
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