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New media core to pandemic flu plans

A UK-wide 24-hour telephone and web-based service would be the only route for people to get anti-viral medicines in the
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Software aids planning for pandemic flu

More than 2,000 GP practices are to receive software to help them complete pandemic flu contingency plans. The software, the
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Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back

Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems
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US sets out privacy principles for EHRs

The US Department of Health and Human Services has published new privacy guidelines for electronic health records (EHRs), based on
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GMC rejects calls for inquiry into MTAS

The General Medical Council has rejected calls for it to investigate the IT and selection procedures for Modernising Medical Careers.
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Yorkshire Darzi centres use TPP

The first GP-led health centre is using TPP’s SystmOne and 20 more Darzi-style centres will go live with the clinical
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