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4 March 2009

Call for overhaul of Scottish IT

GP representatives in Scotland have called for full integration of GP and secondary care systems and changes to out-of-hours services
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3 March 2009

Coroners Bill protest escalates

Eight healthcare organisations have called for medical records to be excluded from the data-sharing provisions of the Coroners and Justice
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2 March 2009

Finland builds on local foundations

Finland is on track to build a national electronic health record repository, which clinicians will be legally required to start
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26 February 2009

Scottish NHS to invest €1.8m in e-health

Online scanning to allow remote diagnosis for island-based patients and Scotland’s biggest telehealth system are among a range of hi-tech
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24 February 2009

Scotland invests in telehealthcare

Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment.
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24 February 2009

BMA says 084 must run its course

GP practices using 084 telephone numbers must be allowed to serve out the terms of their contracts with telephone suppliers
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19 February 2009

BCS and ICO join Coroners protest

The British Computer Society and the Information Commissioner’s Office have joined the growing swell of concern about the data sharing
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18 February 2009

eHealth 2009 gets underway in Prague

The event will focus on e-health for individuals, society and the economy.
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13 February 2009

Child health strategy to share information

The government plans to promote information sharing across settings to deliver improvements in the health of children and young people,
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6 February 2009

Little local difficulties with C+B

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that local implementation issues are at the root of most complaints about Choose
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