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13 January 2009

HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements
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9 January 2009

Sheffield’s BigHand for digital dictation

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a digital dictation system to cover 1,000 users across five hospitals on
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7 January 2009

New media core to pandemic flu plans

A UK-wide 24-hour telephone and web-based service would be the only route for people to get anti-viral medicines in the
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7 January 2009

Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back

Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems
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6 January 2009

NHS 24 takes call every two seconds

Scottish health helpline NHS 24 received one telephone call every two seconds at the height of demand for its service
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23 December 2008

Blackpool upgrades infrastructure

Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with BT to upgrade its IT communications
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17 December 2008

Pan-European 112 emergency number a reality

Citizens across all European Union countries can now access emergency services by dialling 112, the single European emergency number. The
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17 December 2008

Ascribe valued at £32.9m in MBO offer

AIM-listed health software firm Ascribe has been valued at £32.9m in a proposed management buy out, details of which were published
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15 December 2008

Emergency and continuity planning strengthened

BT has won a contract from the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Communities and Local Government department to
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2 December 2008

Just champion

Sue Rushbrook won the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year award for her work on a voice and data network
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