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27 January 2005

Lifting the burden

E-Health Insider talks to Bob Allen, interim chair of the Information Centre for Health and Social Care, about how the
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27 January 2005

First NPfIT deployment plans released

The £6.2 billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has published a summary of its deployment plans for the first time,
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26 January 2005

Medical equipment firm set to acquire IMPAC

Elekta AB, a Swedish-based medical technology firm specialising in cancer treatment, has acquired healthcare IT software house IMPAC Medical Systems, who
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25 January 2005

PR heavyweight appointed to sell NHS CRS

The NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) has appointed communications consultancy giant Porter Novelli, part of the global marketing
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25 January 2005

Nursing IT study to look at local systems

The Department of Health has funded a £250,000, two-year study into how nurses use IT when making clinical decisions and
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24 January 2005

Telemedicine recommended for rural areas

Greater use of telemedicine in country areas is one of a broad range of strategies recommended by the British Medical Association
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21 January 2005

Home office

The Department of Health's new deal with Microsoft is saving hundreds of pounds for NHS staff who want to use
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21 January 2005

Over-65s less likely to use internet for health

Less than a third of over 65-year-olds use the internet for health purposes, compared to over half of those aged
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20 January 2005

Can you keep a secret?

Subtle changes in the way patient confidentiality in electronic health records is handled slipped out last week. EHI Primary Care
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20 January 2005

Can you keep a secret?

Subtle changes in the way patient confidentiality in electronic health records is handled slipped out last week. E-Health Insider looks
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