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15 May 2002

British Midland Installs Tempus Telemedicine System

BMI British Midland has installed a new telemedicine system on its planes flying long-haul flights to provide improved care to

9 May 2002

“Scope for Improvement” on NHS e-Procurement

Only 14% of NHS trusts have fully integrated computer systems capable of managing electronic requisitioning, ordering, invoice matching and payment,

9 May 2002

Steady Growth in “Cyberchondria”

Eighty percent of American adults who have access to the internet have used it to seek health or medical information,

9 May 2002

Patient Access to Records via the Net on Trial

Bury Knowle Health Centre, one of the ERDIP pilot sites for patient access to electronic records, is testing out a

7 May 2002

GHX and vamedis* Link in e-Procurement Consolidation

The Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has struck an agreement with German-based e-procurement solutions provider, vamedis*, to acquire vamedis*’ browser technology

7 May 2002

McKesson Agrees Purchase of ALI Technologies

McKesson Corporation has agreed to buy ALI Technologies, a Vancouver-based enterprise medical imaging solutions company in a deal worth around

2 May 2002

Medicdirect and Tiscali Join Up for New Health Channel

Medicdirect, the UK health web site with content provided by NHS consultants, has signed up to provide a new health

1 May 2002

ISOFT Boss Predicts Further Industry Consolidation

One of the key features of the new emerging national strategy on NHS IT will be the selection of preferred

1 May 2002

Leapfrog Group Extends Reach

The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best

29 April 2002