Care Pathways Database Added to NELH

A list of over 2,000 care pathways, in use or under development in over 200 NHS organisations, has been added
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HealthNexis Merges with Global Health Exchange

Online health e-business firms Global Healthcare Exchange(GHX) and HealthNexis have announced plans to combine their operations into a single, comprehensive
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DH Wants Board-Level Information Leads in New SHAs

The Department of Health has signalled that it wants to see information management and technology represented at the highest levels
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MD Consult Donates Online Medical Library to Latvia

Physicians, medical students and other health professionals in Latvia now have access to a comprehensive collection of medical resources available
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iSOFT promoted to FTSE Index

The UK, Manchester-based healthcare information systems firm iSOFT has been promoted to the City of London’s premier division after being
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GSK launch Respiratory Channel with Doctors.net.uk

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to support the launch of an online respiratory channel for chest medicine specialists and GPs on Doctors.net.uk,
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NDAs Could Reinforce Health Records Security

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) designed to spell out clearly the duty to maintain the confidentiality of patient records could help
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IT Standardisation Difficult, but Vital

Achieving the “robust, flexible and standardised” NHS information system envisaged by health secretary, Alan Milburn, will be difficult while the
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URAC Publishes Guide to E-Health Ethics

URAC, in partnership with the Internet Healthcare Coalition, has published a new guide on e-health ethics. The publication, ‘The New
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Atuline to Launch Europe’s First Virtual Hospital

Finish Novo Group will present its Atuline Virtual Hospital project at the Medica 2001 international medical device trade fair in
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