14 December 2001

US Alliance to Promote Electronic Medical Records

Leading US doctor, hospital and consumer groups have formed the Patient Safety Institute (PSI), a major new collaborative initiative designed
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13 December 2001

Doctors Do Not Make Full Use of Electronic Records

Despite widespread implementation of electronic records, Norwegian doctors tend not to make full use of the functionality available to them
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12 December 2001

Health Information More Popular than Games or Chat

More young people go online to search for health information than to play games, chat or take part in other
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12 December 2001

Gates Says NHS Must Deliver in Digital Age

It’s not every day that you get to see the richest man in the world, and the gawp factor must
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11 December 2001

Torex Buys Oxhealth.com to Develop Electronic Health Records

In the latest of a string of recent acquisitions Torex Health has announced it is to purchase Oxhealth.com Ltd, in
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10 December 2001

Milburn Pledges New IT Money and Partnerships

Health Secretary Alan Milburn used a Microsoft-sponsored Department of Health (DH) IT conference attended by Bill Gates to pledge an
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6 December 2001

Department of Health awards £325m HR and Payroll Contract

The UK Department of Health (DH) has awarded a £325 million contract — the largest IT contract yet awarded within
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5 December 2001

iSOFT Appoints European Chief Executive

Manchester-based health information firm iSOFT Group plc has appointed Ken Jacobson as European Chief Executive, indicating added emphasis on an
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5 December 2001

PKI Token System Adopted for Australian Health System

The Australian Health Insurance Commission has awarded a contract to Rainbow eSecurity, a provider of transaction security solutions, to provide Public
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4 December 2001

Wanless on Information Technology

The UK health service has a poor record on the use of information and communication technology and spending in this
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