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5 August 2003

HL7 Awards iSOFT ‘Benefactor’ Status

UK health IT applications developer iSOFT has been awarded ‘Benefactor’ status, the highest level of accreditation provided by Health Level
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4 August 2003

US Institute Publishes Core Capabilities for EHRs

In a new report the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the US National Academies, has published a set
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1 August 2003

Health Information Infrastructure Act for US

A National Health Information Infrastructure Act has been introduced into the US Congress to support a national drive for interoperability
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10 July 2003

Healthcare Interoperability Forum in ‘Abeyance’

The Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF), an industry group of leading system suppliers focused on developing common standards, has gone
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20 June 2003

Safety Gains Available from IT

IT can substantially improve the safety of medical care but few of the technologies likely to achieve this are implemented,
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19 June 2003

GPC Chair Pledges Practices Will Retain Choice

Dr John Chisolm, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has pledged to fight to defend
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11 June 2003

European Award for NHS Direct Online

Health advice and information portal, NHS Direct Online, was chosen as one of four winners of the first eEurope Awards
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1 May 2003

Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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29 April 2003

Spring Quiz: The Answers

Thanks to everyone who entered the Spring Quiz. The winner is… Deirdre MacGuigan, Knowledge Development Co-ordinator, IM&T Modernisation Programme, Buckinghamshire
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24 April 2003

New Forum to Support Interoperability Standards

A new Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF) has been set up to actively support the design of interoperability standards covering
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