30 January 2002

Is Telemedicine Finally Delivering the Goods?

Telemedicine is working hard to wipe out its reputation for producing interesting projects but not much real-life action – and
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29 January 2002

E-Ceptionist Enables Online Bookings in Denmark

Danish healthcare provider Vitao, has signed a deal with US online appointment bookings firms E-Ceptionist that will allow Vitao’s customers
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28 January 2002

A.D.A.M Signs Content Deal with Tenet Healthcare

A.D.A.M., Inc, the leading US electronic health content publisher, has signed a content licensing deal with Tenet Healthcare – its
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25 January 2002

NAO Praises NHS Direct Implementation

The first national evaluation of NHS Direct, the flagship NHS nurse-led telephone health advice service, concludes that the service has
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24 January 2002

Eli Lilly E-mail Lapse Highlight Need for Privacy Policies

Two news items from the US over the past week have highlighted the need for rigorous privacy policies when managing
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23 January 2002

Living Health TV Wins International Media Award

Living Health, the interactive digital health TV service, has won a top prize at the prestigious 10th International EMMA (Electronic
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23 January 2002

Misys Wins its Biggest Health IT Contract

UK IT firm Misys plc has signed its largest ever healthcare contract – in a deal to supply an enterprise-wide
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22 January 2002

Technology Adoption Likely to be Slow in 2002, say Gartner

Technology advances such as the use of XML, mobile technologies, speech recognition, workflow, business process management and public key infrastructure
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21 January 2002

BT to Deliver the Technology for Scotland’s NHS 24

NHS 24, the Scottish version of NHS Direct, has placed a £20.5m contract with BT to provide the telephone communications
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18 January 2002

Government Response to Kennedy Throws Spotlight on Information

A new Office of Information on Health Care Performance is to be set up as part of the government response
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