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7 July 2008

CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose

Connecting for Health’s chief technology officer, Paul Jones has stressed the importance of integrating standards to achieve interoperability in healthcare,
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30 June 2008

Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an
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17 June 2008

Healthcare Interoperability event launched by EHI

E-Health Insider is launching a new conference and exhibition called Healthcare Interoperability on 30 October at the International Convention Centre,
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2 June 2008

Consultation begins on national GP data extraction

The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record
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23 May 2008

Records of 38,000 Isle of Wight patients lost

An encrypted back-up tape containing the medical records of over 38,000 patients from the Isle of Wight PCT has gone
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19 May 2008

McAfee wins contract for NHS data encryption

NHS Connecting for Health has selected security software specialist McAfee to provide solutions for endpoint desktop encryption and port control,
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15 May 2008

Suppliers set out vision for ASCC

EHI spoke to a number of ASCC lot 2 suppliers to see what they hope to achieve from the new
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9 May 2008

New electronic handover device launched

A new Windows Mobile application called MedicMate, designed to provide doctors and consultants with handover electronic copies of patient notes,
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28 April 2008

NHS chief execs may be accountable for data loss

The Information Commissioner has backed proposals by cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell to hold senior Whitehall figures and NHS chief executives
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23 April 2008

Wales extends use of emergency care record

Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has announced that it is to pilot an extension of the emergency care
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