Scotland

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6 October 2009

NHS24 absorbs Scottish telehealth body

The Scottish Centre for Telehealth will become part of NHS24, the special health board that runs Scotland’s national health helpline
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16 September 2009

Two Scottish NHS bodies rapped by ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office has told two different Scottish NHS bodies they must tighten data security after a series of
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16 September 2009

Scotland plans palliative care summary

NHS National Services Scotland’s Annual Review has outlined plans to roll-out a national Palliative Care Summary (ePCS) during 2010. The
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24 August 2009

Dumfries deploys video conferencing

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is expecting to save up to 8,000 hours a year in travel time after going live
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6 August 2009

Scotland edges closer to PMS contract

NHS National Services Scotland has told E-Health Insider that it is close to making a decision on the contract for
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22 July 2009

Scotland awards device security contract

NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of
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20 July 2009

Scottish telemedicine trial success

Cisco has released results from a survey of patients taking part in a Scottish telemedicine trial, showing that almost 100%
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14 July 2009

Scotland delivers e-prescription service

Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with
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4 June 2009

Best Use of wireless healthcare

The best use of wireless healthcare category was won by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust. The runners up were
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22 May 2009

GPs warned on honesty of claims

GP practices have been warned to take care when making claims under the Quality and Outcomes Framework given the current row over
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