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23 July 2009

Stop the clot

Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment
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23 July 2009

NHS IOW cuts costs with ScriptSwitch

NHS Isle of Wight says it has cut its prescribing costs to more than 9% below the national average through the
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23 July 2009

Epsom and St Helier rejects Cerner

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to remain one of the ‘iSoft7’, rejecting the option of
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23 July 2009

Nanotechnology gets big in Portugal

The leaders of Spain and Portugal have opened a joint research centre for nanotechnology that they believe will become one
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22 July 2009

Vein crawling mini robot developed

The Israeli Institute of Technology has created a miniature crawling robot small enough to crawl through human veins.
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22 July 2009

Hong Kong chooses Digital Healthcare

The University of Hong Kong, China, has selected Digital Healthcare’s OptoMize product for its diabetic retinal screening research programme. The
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22 July 2009

Scotland awards device security contract

NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of
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22 July 2009

Nintendo DS to offer diabetes care

A pharmaceutical company has unveiled a blood glucose meter for children with diabetes that connects to the Nintendo DS and
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22 July 2009

Rotterdam hospital buys LabCentre

The Ikazia Hospital in Rotterdam has become the first Dutch hospital to purchase LabCentre, iSoft’s laboratory software application. LabCentre, was
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21 July 2009

World’s first virtual heart produced

HeartWorks virtual heart demo Three London-based cardio anaesthetists have developed the world’s first virtual heart, providing a breakthrough in the
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