4 January 2002

InferMed Partners with BMJ’s Clinical Evidence

The BMJ Publishing Group has teamed up with InferMed, a leading UK provider of clinical software, to assess the feasibility
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2 January 2002

WebMD Acquires Medscape Portals

WebMD Corporation, one of the first US e-health firms to rise to prominence during the dotcom boom, has acquired the
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2 January 2002

UK Government Warms to Open Source Software

The Cabinet Office has published a consultation paper on use of Open Source Software (OSS) within the UK Government sector
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1 January 2002

Boxing Day Busiest Ever Day for NHS Direct

NHS Direct, the UK national telephone health advice service, had its busiest ever day on Boxing Bay, as the holiday
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1 January 2002

£2M Investment Pledged for Cancer Information Systems

UK Health Minister Yvette Cooper has announced a new £2.3m package to invest in information systems to improve cancer monitoring
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20 December 2001

2001: The Year the Money Disappeared

The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary
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19 December 2001

Smart Specimen Bag Launched

A new version of the humble pathology specimen bag that can integrate test request information with the electronic patient record
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19 December 2001

IT Needed to Cut Drug Deaths

A new report by the Audit Commission has highlighted the need to invest in IT systems to cut the increasing
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18 December 2001

Fitzpatrick Steps Down From Health Media Group

Tony Fitzpatrick has stepped down as chief executive of Health Media Group PLC, the leading UK online health content firm,
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17 December 2001

Dr Koop Lifecare files for Bankruptcy

Dr. Koop LifeCare Corp, the long-troubled US online health information provider, announced on Sunday that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary
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