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European health IT market to double by 2010

A new report has predicted that the existing fragmented European Healthcare IT industry, with different vendors control different niche segments,
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Northern Ireland announces new health IT strategy

Northern Ireland has announced plans to develop its own electronic care record in a move which has led to calls
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Single sign-on targeted at UK health organisations

An IT security company which claims successful implementations in US hospitals of its enterprise single-sign on (ESSO) system has set
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Integrated IT system installed in central health lab

The Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Colindale, has completed the installation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) which
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Privacy key for US electronic health records

US health information technology interests have expressed great concern about guarding the privacy of patient data in building a National
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Electronic mental health record system goes live in Wirral

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust has just implemented an electronic patient record system from local company Strand Technology. The
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Standards stimulate health IT market, say analysts

Government legislation on healthcare IT is encouraging growth and innovation in the Europe, with the National Programme for IT and
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More investment in Irish health IT needed, says report

The Information Society Commission of Ireland, an independent advisory board set up to investigate and report on IT matters for
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Mental health data sharing installed in Cornwall

IMS MAXIMS has announced the installation of a system to enable sharing of mental health data across a number of
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Halligan will not take up top Irish health job

Deputy chief medical officer, Professor Aidan Halligan, who until recently held the post of joint senior responsible officer (SRO) for
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