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Tunstall calls for government action

Tunstall has called on the government to follow through on its policy to make telehealth “integral rather than marginal” after
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Personal view: Mary Hawking

Mary Hawking, a GP and critical friend of NHS IT, asks: are your records fit for sharing?
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ITHANET disease research portal launched

European researchers and health IT specialists have launched a new disease research portal design to support research and provide easier
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Xerox to manage Worcestershire records

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has started a £12.8m record management project to transfer more than 1.2m medical records online
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RCGP sets out principles for SEPRs

The Royal College of General Practitioners has published a report on the implementation and use of shared electronic patient records
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US hospital EMR sales slumped in 2008

US sales of electronic medical record systems to large hospitals fell to a seven year low in 2008. Sales of
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Dutch research centre secures €265m

The Dutch Centre for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTTM), which is dedicated to the development of technologies in molecular medicine, has
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EGMN launches Swine Flu channel

Elsevier Global Medical News (EGMN), the website that serves more than 30 million scientists, students ad health and information professionals
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Surrey and Sussex to stick with Cerner

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has dropped plans to abandon Cerner for an iSoft alternative. Instead, the trust will
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Welsh GPs test admission risk tool

GP practices in Wales are testing a risk stratification tool which is to be made available across NHS Wales. The
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