22 January 2003

Civica to Implement Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

The NHS has placed an order worth £19.4 million over twelve-months with software and services firm Civica to implement the
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22 January 2003

WHO Extends Low Cost Access to Medical Journals

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added 43 new countries to its the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
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20 January 2003

Granger Confirms IT Spend at £2.3bn

Long-awaited official confirmation of the figure for NHS IT modernisation spending was revealed this week – £2.3billion will be spent
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16 January 2003

Broadband Upgrade for NHSnet Signed

The NHS has signed a contract with BT and C&W to provide broadband upgrades to NHSnet, the NHS’s private data
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15 January 2003

Mid-Staffs Selects iSOFT for EPR

Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a ten-year managed service contract with iSOFT to implement and manage a trust-wide
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15 January 2003

Information Will Play a Key Role in Diabetes NSF

The Department of Health’s new diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) envisages a key role for information in the management of
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14 January 2003

AAFP Explores Open-Source EHR

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is considering developing and selling low-cost "open-source" electronic medical records (EMR) software to
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9 January 2003

US Physicians Sceptical IT Can Cut Medical Errors

A new US study has highlighted a major gap between the strategies recommended by medical error experts to reduce errors,
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9 January 2003

Two Key Contracts Awarded to Consultants

Two vital contracts, covering technical and IT standards, and management of the National Information Programme, have been awarded to external
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8 January 2003

Scottish Ambulance Plans to Network Vehicles

Scottish Ambulance plans to put networked computers in all of its emergency vehicles to provide crews with better information en
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