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Patients view their GP records at home over web

Two patients from a Derbyshire practice have viewed their GP records over the internet from home as part of a
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Healthcare bears brunt of spyware attacks

The healthcare and pharmaceutical industry sector is more likely than any other to come under attack from spyware, an international
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Birmingham and Solihull extends patient RFID tagging

Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it is to further expand its trial of tagging surgical
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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OpenEHR Foundation launches international standard

An open-source community founded in University College London has produced the first blueprint of an international electronic record standard that
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Poll shows strong clinical support for IT modernisation

An online poll carried out by Doctors.net.uk found that has found that 80% of doctors say they support moves to
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Meet the suppliers: Liquidlogic

EHI Primary Care talks to health and social care software specialist Liquidlogic, one of the suppliers to have thrived under
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Not so secure

Fiona Barr explains the background to the recent controversy over confidentiality in the personal demographics service.
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Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs

The two most senior GP representatives in England have written to Connecting for Health to demand reassurances on patient confidentiality
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GPs highlight “clunky” functionality of C+B

The Choose and Book system is "clunky and cumbersome" and slower than the paper-based referral mechanism it is intended to
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