20 June 2002

South Staffs Launches Community-wide Electronic Records

South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust has gone live with an enterprise-wide, patient information system, PiMS, which provides staff with real
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19 June 2002

Study Questions Criticism of Online Health Advice

A new study suggests that despite much adverse press coverage there is little evidence to discourage consumers from obtaining health
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18 June 2002

iSOFT Acquires Northgate Healthcare Business

Fast growing UK Health IT firm iSOFT has announced that it has agreed to buy rival Northgate Healthcare Business from
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13 June 2002

IT Strategy – You Have Your Say

E-Health Insider’s request for fantasy IT strategies for the NHS struck a chord with many of you who sent in
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13 June 2002

ComMedica Unveils Web-Based Patient Record

ComMedica, a spinout company from London University’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, this week formally unveiled its Patient Record
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11 June 2002

Australia Funds Research into Open Source EHR

The Australian Government has taken another step towards its plan to introduce a ‘lifetime’ electronic health record system following the
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11 June 2002

Fife Acute Hospitals Introduce New Network

Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has begun introducing a new Citrix-based IT network across its four main sites. The network,
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10 June 2002

Virtual Consultations Could Save Unnecessary Tests

A large scale telemedicine trial published in The Lancet demonstrates that virtual outpatient appointments conducted using videoconference technology can reduce
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6 June 2002

Plymouth Hospitals Go Live with E-Procurement

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has begun to trade electronically with its suppliers using EROS version 4.4 – the first e-purchasing
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5 June 2002

Scotland Invests in Joined up Health and Social Care

The Scottish Executive announced last week that it will invest in developing data sharing and common data standards to help
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