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20 December 2007

After the security storm

Data security experts believe the recent HMRC recent data disaster holds vital lessons for the health service, EHI editor Linda
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20 December 2007

2007 in review

As the year draws to a close E-Health Insider casts an eye over the health IT developments that made the
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20 December 2007

DH found guilty on MTAS data protection breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found the Department of Health in breach of the Data Protection Act following an investigation
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19 December 2007

US group calls for national patient IDs

America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to
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14 December 2007

IBM to implement SAP for Aragon health system

Luis Javier Bonilla The government of the Aragon region of Spain has signed an agreement worth a total of €3m
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12 December 2007

German industry group publishes telemedicine standards

Leading German electronic association the VDE has published a new set of standards for telemedicine to spur the development of
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11 December 2007

Ex-CfH CTOā€™s firm earns Ā£46.3m from NPfIT

An IT consultant who worked as Chief Technology Officer of NHS Connecting for Health for three years is also the
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11 December 2007

Personal care budgets proposed for elderly and disabled

Proposals to give elderly and disabled people personal budgets to commission their own care will go out to local consultation
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10 December 2007

Horizontal applications in health and social care

Denise Harrison, director and co-founder of Liquidlogic, on the growth of horizontal integration.
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10 December 2007

BMA to attempt to control internet drug sales

The British Medical Association (BMA) is to work with the UK government and the World Health Organisation to control internet
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