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23 November 2007

EHI’s industry news roundup 23.11.07

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 23 November, featuring supplier news, events, and awards. Supplier News
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23 November 2007

Warning on internet STI treatments

People with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are putting themselves at risk by buying treatments over the internet, according to research by
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21 November 2007

Health records a target for ‘the wicked’

Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation at Connecting for Health has admitted to the Commons Home Affairs Committee
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21 November 2007

Single info governance board plans unveiled

Full details of the cost and role of the new National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care were
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20 November 2007

Losing patient data may become a crime

The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according
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19 November 2007

DH maintains commitment to choice

Health secretary Alan Johnson has pledged a commitment to choice, despite pulling the plug on a series of independent sector
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15 November 2007

Government says no plans to devolve CfH power

The government has rejected calls to hand over greater contractual power to trusts and strategic health authorities.
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15 November 2007

Select committee transparency call rejected

A call from the Commons Health Select Committee calling for more transparency from Connecting for Health has been rejected by
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14 November 2007

Government rejects consent call for SUS use

The government has rejected calls from the Commons Health Select Committee to apply consent to the use of Secondary Uses
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13 November 2007

Wythenshawe uses barcodes to access records

Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, has deployed new bar code scanners from
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