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15 May 2009

Xiring extends French Vitale cards

French mutual insurance company, Thélem assurances, has selected Xiring to provide ‘le Point Xiring V2’ service for its network of
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14 May 2009

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NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider
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14 May 2009

BT Global Services takes £1.5bn hit

BT has said it will cut another 15,000 jobs this year, equivalent to 10% of its UK workforce, and reported
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13 May 2009

Microsoft licenses HealthVault for Canada

Microsoft has signed a partnership with Canadian telecoms firm Telus, which will become the first firm outside the US to
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11 May 2009

European Health Insurance Card hits milestone

The European Commission has announced that over 180m European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) have been issued in the five years
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11 May 2009

IB-Salut awards EHR contract

The health service of the Balearic Islands has awarded the tender for the development of an electronic health record to
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8 May 2009

GE to spend $6 billion on health tech

General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm
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8 May 2009

Microsoft does cross-government deal

The Treasury has signed a cross-government deal with Microsoft that will allow licenses to be transferred across the public sector.
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6 May 2009

Interpol issues swine flu spam warning

The international police organisation Interpol has issued a warning about the potential for criminals to exploit the swine flu outbreak
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6 May 2009

iSoft enters Italian market

IBA Health Group, iSoft’s parent company, has announced that it has expanded its global presence to the Italian market. iSoft
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