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OGC accused of shredding Gateway review reports

The Office of Government Commerce has reportedly ordered civil servants to destroy copies of Gateway review reports into government computer
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Proposals for wider data sharing to be unveiled

The government is to make it easier for different department systems to share information about individuals currently held on separate
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Follow my lead

Michael Cross looks at how NPfIT is lead by wider government priorities and who the real driving force behind the
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Honour for health informatics technical director

Technical director of Wirral Health Informatics Service (WHIS), Pete Marsh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Cabinet Office denies Watmore to take helm at NPfIT

The Cabinet Office and National Programme for IT have moved swiftly today to deny suggestions that Ian Watmore, the Government’s
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NHS Innovation Centre may encourage new technology

A new NHS Innovation Centre may soon be developed to allow health professionals, who have new ideas on how to use
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Hunt on for public sector IT tsar

The hunt is on for a person to take on to find the candidate to fill the “most influential role
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AAFP Explores Open-Source EHR

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is considering developing and selling low-cost "open-source" electronic medical records (EMR) software to
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Electronic Systems Could Free Up Millions of GP Appointments

Cutting out unnecessary GP paperwork, such as filling out repeat prescriptions and sick notes, could save up to 3.2 million
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Health Data Protection Group Formed

The first meeting of the new Health Records and Data Protection Review Group, set up to advise the Government on
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