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4 December 2008

Dr Gray’s plans to be e-health centre

Dr Gray’s Hospital in the north of Scotland is aiming to set itself up as an e-health centre with a
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3 December 2008

Security 2008

The Mytob worm attack on the IT network used by three London hospital trusts knocked stories about NHS data breaches
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3 December 2008

Its name is RiO

The latest column from NHS Connecting for Health outlines the benefits of the RiO electronic care records system to London.
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3 December 2008

IT underpins NHS reform in Queen’s speech

The government is planning to introduce a health bill to Parliament that will require further investment in IT and new
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3 December 2008

EU internet access reaches 60 per cent

60% of households across the EU had internet access in 2008, according to a survey. Across the 27 countries within
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3 December 2008

Choice figures stick again

The percentage of people who recall being offered a choice of hospital remains at just one under in two patients,
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3 December 2008

Wikipedia can omit key drug information

New research warns that consumers who relay on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for drug information may be putting themselves at
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3 December 2008

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Search engines may need to be redesigned to stop people turning into “cyberchondriacs”, a study by Microsoft Research has suggested.
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3 December 2008

Digital dictation becomes software as a service

Digital dictation specialist WinScribe has launched software as a service option – with the first UK NHS installation now up
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2 December 2008

Asian HIV/Aids Database launched

A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host
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