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Cloudy outlook on government ICT

The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and
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Philips makes more money on fewer sales

Philips has announced a 1% decline in comparable sales in its healthcare sector despite strong growth in emerging markets. The
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BMA wants tech to save boundaries

The introduction of videophones and webcams in GP surgeries would be a better way of improving patient access than scrapping
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US doctors paid €30,000 to use EHR

North Shore Hospital Group on Long Island, New York is offering 7,000 doctors incentives of up to €28,500 each over
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CfH gives go-ahead for IE7

NHS Connecting for Health has said organisations still using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 should move to IE7, following security concerns
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Do more, with less

Department of Health policy and informatics guidance lays bare the scale of the challenge facing the NHS as the credit
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Milton Keynes first on Microsoft Amalga

Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust has become the first UK customer for Microsoft’s healthcare data aggregation platform.
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One in ten child prescriptions wrong

More than one in ten prescriptions given to children in hospitals contain errors and almost a fifth of drugs are
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France and Germany issue IE warning

The French government has followed Germany in warning internet users not to use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and to find an
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£40m NPfIT legal bills revealed

Almost £40m has been paid to two law firms for legal and commercial support for the National Programme for IT
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