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10 March 2010

BMA says ‘suspend SCR roll-out’

The British Medical Association has written to the government calling for the roll-out of the Summary Care Record to be
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5 March 2010

EMIS confirms AIM flotation

Health IT system supplier EMIS has announced that it expects its shares to be trading on the London Stock Exchange’s
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2 March 2010

O’Brien claims govt may lock-in NPfIT

Conservative health spokesman Stephen O’Brien has accused the government of trying to tie the hands of an incoming Tory government
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1 March 2010

HIMSS opens with gold rush in prospect

An 25,000-strong army of healthcare IT professionals has descended on Atlanta for the HIMSS 2010 conference and exhibition expecting a
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1 March 2010

BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’

The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and
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25 February 2010

Keogh to lead work on new stats for NHS

The government has set up a working group to develop a single hospital standardised mortality ratio for the NHS in
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25 February 2010

Forest for the cup

The NHS Waltham Forest team implementing RiO was the overall winner in last year’s E-Health Insider Awards in association with
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24 February 2010

Mid Staffs report demands stats overhaul

An independent report into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has called for an “impeccably independent and transparent
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18 February 2010

Councils urged to take up telecare

Local authorities are ill-prepared to cope with the demands of an ageing population and must look to telecare as one
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17 February 2010

Australia to mandate health ID number

The Australian government has said it will mandate a new national e-health number for all citizens.
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