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21 May 2009

Virginia Department of Health hacked

An attack on the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VDHP) website, resulted in a prescriptions website being hacked and a
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20 May 2009

Slovenia rolls out e-health card

The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia has announced that it will roll-out a new electronic health insurance card system across
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20 May 2009

Government’s CIO praises NHS progress

The government’s chief information officer has praised IT systems in the health sector but has highlighted the need to “drive
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20 May 2009

QResearch pioneer honoured

A GP who set up the QResearch database, using anonymised data from around 10m patients registered at EMIS practices, has
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20 May 2009

NHS radiology kit rolled-out

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has sent trusts in England a new radiology kit to help departments improve
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20 May 2009

Recession hits US hospital IT projects

The US recession has forced more than half of the nation’s hospitals to either scale back or postpone IT projects,
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19 May 2009

Call centres face 084 number inquiry

Call centres run by central government have been given until the end of June to submit information on their use
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19 May 2009

BMA works with NHS Choices on GP ratings

The BMA’s GP committee has confirmed it is working with NHS Choices to enable patients to rate and review their
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19 May 2009

Cerner UK announces redundancies

Cerner has announced a round of redundancies of UK staff, based on the sharply reduced number of implementations it now
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19 May 2009

European med tech sector slows

The European medical technology sector is weathering the current economic storm but bracing iteself for tough times, with two-thirds of
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