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25 January 2002

NAO Praises NHS Direct Implementation

The first national evaluation of NHS Direct, the flagship NHS nurse-led telephone health advice service, concludes that the service has
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24 January 2002

Eli Lilly E-mail Lapse Highlight Need for Privacy Policies

Two news items from the US over the past week have highlighted the need for rigorous privacy policies when managing
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23 January 2002

Misys Wins its Biggest Health IT Contract

UK IT firm Misys plc has signed its largest ever healthcare contract – in a deal to supply an enterprise-wide
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23 January 2002

Living Health TV Wins International Media Award

Living Health, the interactive digital health TV service, has won a top prize at the prestigious 10th International EMMA (Electronic
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22 January 2002

Technology Adoption Likely to be Slow in 2002, say Gartner

Technology advances such as the use of XML, mobile technologies, speech recognition, workflow, business process management and public key infrastructure
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21 January 2002

BT to Deliver the Technology for Scotland’s NHS 24

NHS 24, the Scottish version of NHS Direct, has placed a £20.5m contract with BT to provide the telephone communications
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18 January 2002

IT Investment Gives Californian HMO an Edge Over the NHS

A comparison of the NHS and non-profit Californian health maintenance organisation, Kaiser Permanante, has revealed that investment in information technology
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18 January 2002

Government Response to Kennedy Throws Spotlight on Information

A new Office of Information on Health Care Performance is to be set up as part of the government response
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17 January 2002

Software Package Aims to Beat the Blues

The Priory Hospital North London is to trial an innovative PC-based multi-media tool called ‘Beating the Blues’ to help patients
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17 January 2002

Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT

New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP)
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