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25 November 2009

East of England joins SCR roll-out

NHS East of England has started the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and says it will be available in all
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24 November 2009

Avia acquires Plain Healthcare

Avia Health Informatics has announced the acquisition of clinical decision support specialists Plain Healthcare. Avia Health informatics has been set
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24 November 2009

IT spend under pressure, survey confirms

Local and central IM&T spend as a percentage of NHS revenue will decrease next year for the first time in
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24 November 2009

GE wins Finnish PACS contract

The Helsinki Medical Imaging Centre has signed a contract with GE Healthcare to implement a multi-site Picture Archiving and Communications
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24 November 2009

Discharge summary target ‘to be missed’

The vast majority of NHS hospitals look set to miss the government’s target for delivering discharge summaries to GP practices
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23 November 2009

Scottish Ambulance Service laptop stolen

The Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed that a laptop containing more than 600 patient medical records has been stolen from
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23 November 2009

£130m for telecare and home help

The government has pledged to invest £130m in initiatives such as telecare and home adaptations as part of its free
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23 November 2009

Ipswich chooses Kainos for casenotes

Kainos has signed a £1m contract with Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust to convert its paper casenotes into electronic format using
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23 November 2009

Report raises cloud computing doubts

A new report by the European Network and Information Security Agency around cloud computing has highlighted the benefits of the
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20 November 2009

EMIS sponsored feature: Making IT count

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned that lower funding increases combined with rising demand could leave the NHS facing
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