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Newgate Technology begins Northern Ireland EPR roll-out

Newgate Technology, a Scottish-based health software and data collection specialist, has won a tender to deploy a regional theatre management
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BT encourages trusts to use its conferencing service

Working across the UK health sector BT is helping to save millions of pounds each year as more and more
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Remote storage secures data despite floods

Many GP practices in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire have been able to keep electronic patient data safe from the recent severe
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NHS Choices website launched

The Department of Health has launched the new NHS Choices website, replacing the previous NHS.uk website. The new website, which
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DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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Poll finds 80 percent want hospital ‘scorecards’ online

An opinion poll commissioned by ‘think tank’ Policy Exchange has found that almost 80% of patients would like more information
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New NHS information sources unveiled

Two new NHS websites designed to improve information for patients have been unveiled. NHS Choices, to be launched this summer,
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Cardiac telemedicine could save NHS £46m says report

A pilot of cardiac telemedicine services in Cumbria and Lancashire has concluded that if introduced nationally the technology could save
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Debate over legality of Care Record Guarantee

British data protection laws used to create the Care Record Guarantee could fall foul of new European Commission data protection
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Consumer is king in wireless health

More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.
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