Database

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2 February 2009

BMA calls for exemption on data sharing

The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of
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30 January 2009

Clinical Solutions gets a Mentor

Clinical Solutions has signed a three year deal with primary care IT supplier EMIS to integrate EMIS’s Mentor drug database
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29 January 2009

NHS Alliance promotes patient records

The NHS Alliance is promoting real-time access to medical records, claiming this will help meet the drive towards patient self-management
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26 January 2009

ContactPoint goes live

The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country
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21 January 2009

United Healthcare settles on ‘fixed’ database claims

Two of the largest US health insurers have agreed deals to pay tens of millions of dollars to create independent
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19 January 2009

Data watchdog urged to examine legality of NHS database

A GP who is campaigning against the NHS Care Records Services is calling on the watchdog for NHS data to
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31 December 2008

This is the year to come

Sandra Hempel asks leading figures in healthcare IT to look ahead to 2009.
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22 December 2008

NI completes barcode presciptions project

Northern Ireland has announced that it has successfully completed its 2D barcoded prescription project. The Electronic Prescribing and Eligibility System
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16 December 2008

Software replaces fax and phone organ allocation

NHS Blood and Transplant is preparing to roll out a new software system to speed up the process of allocating
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11 December 2008

Watchdog calls for safety culture

The Healthcare Commission has urged the NHS to generate better comparative information on safe care and outcomes and to set
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