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Fit notes to launch on paper

The Department of Work and Pensions aims to roll-out electronic ‘fit notes’ in the autumn, following the launch of a
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Conficker worm shuts down trust network

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has become the latest NHS trust to be infected by the Conficker worm.
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US locating company moves on EU market

US company Patient Care Technology Systems has announced it has established a UK subsidiary to market its real-time locating systems
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ISoft acquires UltraGenda for £9m

ISoft, one of the key software providers for England’s National Programme for IT in the NHS, has acquired the Belgium-based
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Agfa partners with Montpellier CHRU

Agfa HealthCare, has signed an agreement with French hospital group, Montpellier Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lapeyronie, to provide its ORBIS clinical
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PCT suspends TPP mobile urgent care

The second primary care trust to deploy TPP’s urgent care solution has stopped using the mobile solution because of problems
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Leicester goes big on digital dictation

SRC has completed its largest ever deployment of WinScribe digital dictation system at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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Dictation framework ramps up deals

Four more voice technology contracts have been awarded under the framework agreement drawn up by the NHS Yorkshire and Humber Collaborative
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COCIR publishes telehealth toolkit

European health It trade body COCIR has launched a telemedicine toolkit to support the creation of a stronger European telemedicine
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Acute trusts go-live with Bluespier EDS

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have gone live with a new electronic discharge system
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