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8 May 2003

Survey Makes “Compelling Case” for Electronic Records

Findings from an international survey highlighting problems with quality of care and wasted resources make a “compelling case” for electronic
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7 May 2003

Motion Media Selected for Belgium ‘Telehealth’

Videophones designed by UK visual technology specialists Motion Media Technology are to be used to deliver ‘telehealth’ services in Belgium
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6 May 2003

Online Recruitment Plan for NHS in England

Details of the long-delayed project to put NHS jobs in England online have emerged from the Department of Health (DH).
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1 May 2003

Philosophical Response to Blackberd’s Grounding

A philosophical response greeted the news that the Black Country and Birmingham Electronic Records Development project – Blackberd to its
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1 May 2003

Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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30 April 2003

The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say 2

Our first batch of readers’ comments on the National Programme for IT in the NHS brought some interesting replies. The
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29 April 2003

Spring Quiz: The Answers

Thanks to everyone who entered the Spring Quiz. The winner is… Deirdre MacGuigan, Knowledge Development Co-ordinator, IM&T Modernisation Programme, Buckinghamshire
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29 April 2003

Procurement Starts on Telepathology for Tees Valley and County Durham

Procurement has started on telepathology technology to enable videoconferencing and image sharing between cancer physicians in the Tees Valley and
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24 April 2003

New Forum to Support Interoperability Standards

A new Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF) has been set up to actively support the design of interoperability standards covering
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24 April 2003

“Rocky Road” to e-Procurement Predicted

European healthcare institutions show a growing willingness to embrace electronic procurement of supplies but there will be a rocky road
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