21 November 2008

Rescue plan for Royal Free

A 90-day rescue plan is underway at The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust to try and fix a catalogue of
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21 November 2008

Intel personal health management system

A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by
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20 November 2008

Germany’s GEK picks Atos for e-health card

German health insurer, Gmünder ErsatzKasse (GEK), has signed a five-year deal with Atos World line, to implement and operate the
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19 November 2008

Interoperable PHRs could save US $21bn a year

A US study has projected that personal health records have the potential to save the US healthcare system €16.3 billion
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18 November 2008

Computer virus takes down Barts and the London

A computer virus has infected Barts and The London NHS Trust, shutting down the computer system that runs its three hospitals
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18 November 2008

Patients to get Facebook-style Communicator

From March, patients will be able to carry out email consultations with GPs and other clinicians using a Facebook-style tool
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18 November 2008

Ireland gets register of health informatics pros

The Health Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) will this week launch the first Irish register of health informatics professionals at
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17 November 2008

Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB

The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it
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13 November 2008

BT to axe 10,000 jobs

BT has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs across the whole company, including its BT Global Services division, which
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12 November 2008

The secrets of e-health success

Jon Hoeksma reports on a symposium given by Dr Karl Stroetman at the World of Health IT conference.
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