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9 May 2005

iSOFT wins London deal for Radiology Information Systems

BT has awarded a £3.5 million contract to clinical IT firm iSOFT to provide Radiology Information Systems (RIS) for early
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9 May 2005

Major ministerial reshuffle for health

John Hutton, the health minister whose responsibilities included NHS IT, has been promoted in the post-election reshuffle. He enters the
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9 May 2005

Post-tsunami care advice made available online

The Cochrane Collaboration is helping those caring for victims of the Boxing Day tsunami with online evidence-based clinical and policy advice
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6 May 2005

Professions invited to advise Connecting for Health

A new set of advisory groups intended to involve professional organisations in the work of Connecting for Health (CfH), formerly
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5 May 2005

MedNet’s key issues

The tenth World Congress on the Internet in Medicine (MedNet) is taking place later this year. Robert Pretlow looks at
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5 May 2005

NWWM faces Ā£75m potential liabilities on SAS scheme

The NHS faces total potential liabilities of up to £75m in the North West and West Midlands (NWWM) cluster of
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5 May 2005

Companies link up for digital retinopathy screening

Digital Healthcare and Graphnet have announced a collaboration that will combine the two companies’ imaging and electronic record software to
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5 May 2005

Bolton GPs told to use only one IT system

GPs in Bolton are coming under pressure from their PCT to ditch their various practice IT systems and sign up with a
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5 May 2005

Online education used to combat hospital infections

A new internet education service launched this week aims to give health workers in Scotland immediate access to latest information
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4 May 2005

Merck wins Webby health award

The winners of the ninth annual Webby awards, billed as the Oscars of the Internet, have been announced with a
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