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16 April 2015

Value of apps and wearables questioned

The potential for smartphone apps and wearable devices to have an effect on health outcomes has come under question in
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15 April 2015

Lib Dem manifesto promises GPs by Skype

The Liberal Democrats have promised to open up access to GPs by phone and Skype in their manifesto, and to
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15 April 2015

Special report: pathology

Healthcare economies are finally acting on the Carter report. This has triggered change in the supplier market; and more is
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14 April 2015

Power to the people: signs off

Paul Hodgkin, the former GP and founder of Patient Opinion, reflects on a non-Marxist, Marxian revolution in his last column
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14 April 2015

Tory manifesto re-runs access pledge

The Conservative Party has promised to continue the NHS transparency agenda and to give people “full access” to their electronic
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14 April 2015

e-Referral Service ‘live on 15 June’

The new NHS e-Referral Service will go-live on 15 June as part of plans to replace all paper-based referrals.
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14 April 2015

Geisinger sets SMART apps on FHIR

US healthcare provider, Geisinger Health System, has unveiled an EnrG suite of interoperable software applications, able to link to multiple
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13 April 2015

US health CIOs catch on to phishing threat

Cybersecurity has forced itself onto the agenda of US healthcare chief information officers and become a hot button issue for
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13 April 2015

Labour manifesto fails to focus on IT

The Labour Party has launched its manifesto for the upcoming general election, promising a more integrated health and care system,
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13 April 2015

US calls out health information blockers

Health IT suppliers have been called out for blocking information flows to promote their narrow economic interests ahead of the
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