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iSoft to launch RadCentre in the Netherlands

9 October 2008 12:00 AM

Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.

ASSIST says idea NHS like a bank ‘fundamentally flawed’

8 October 2008 12:12 PM

NHS informatics professional body ASSIST has published a paper saying the original NHS National Programme for IT plan of a one size fits all approach “does not work”.

Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN

8 October 2008 12:35 AM

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.

Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation

8 October 2008 12:00 AM

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.

Leading US health web sites merge

8 October 2008 12:00 AM

The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.

PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives

7 October 2008 2:14 PM

A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step up their efforts to improve take–up of Choose and Book.

GPs face limits on third party add-ons

7 October 2008 12:21 PM

GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they can use in their practices under the GP Systems of Choice PCT-practice agreement.