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VeriFone targets German e-health programme

US firm VeriFone Holdings has announced it will target the growing demand in Germany for electronic health card systems. The
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RCN develops telehealthcare resource

The Royal College of Nursing has announced that it is developing a telecare and telehealth resource for its members. The
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Thumbs up for ECDL in Wales

Health service staff believe basic IT skills training has improved the quality of care they give to patients, according to
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Trust loads C+B referrals manually

An NHS acute trust has been using staff to manually upload paper referrals to boost its Choose and Book performance
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Work stops again on ContactPoint

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been suspended after local authority staff discovered loopholes in the system
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McKesson set for UK hospital return

McKesson, the number two supplier of NHS patient administration systems, is weighing a return to the English hospital market -
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Over here

Is Cerner Millennium over big, over corporate and over hard to deploy? Or is it a great system that just
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Connelly to open HC2009 in Harrogate

The British Computer Society has confirmed Christine Connelly and Martin Bellamy as key speakers at its HC2009 event. Christine Connelly,
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Database mooted for healthcare professionals

The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the
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Asklepios signs RIS deal with medavis

Asklepios, Germany’s largest chain of private clinics, has singed a deal with radiology information system specialist medavis GmbH, to equip
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