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Archive: 2009

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28 January 2009

Global health terminology Workbench launched

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has launched a new IHTSDO Workbench designed to make it easier to
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27 January 2009

Choose and Book makes variable impact

GPs and consultants are still struggling to make Choose and Book work as intended, according to new research carried out
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27 January 2009

MPs urge DH to report security breaches

MPs want the Department of Health to provide more information on data security breaches in the NHS and to set
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27 January 2009

IT given role in greener NHS

The NHS must make much greater use of telemedicine and web conferencing if it is meet new targets to slash
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27 January 2009

PAC gives NPfIT six months to deliver CRS

The National Programme for IT in the NHS should be given six months to get effective care record systems into
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27 January 2009

Detailed Care Records for 3.5m patients

More than 3.5m patients in Yorkshire and the Humber now have a Detailed Care Record for primary and community care,
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26 January 2009

Making a Detailed Care Record a reality

Tony Megaw, head of primary care IT for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, tells Fiona Barr how a primary care
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26 January 2009

ContactPoint goes live

The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country
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26 January 2009

Worthing may dump Cerner Millennium

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust may ditch its brand new Cerner Millennium system in favour of a 20-year old
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26 January 2009

Credit crunch hits UK and US hospitals

Hospitals in the US and UK are beginning to struggle to raise the funds they need for capital investment in
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