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13 April 2015

US calls out health information blockers

Health IT suppliers have been called out for blocking information flows to promote their narrow economic interests ahead of the
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11 February 2015

US insurer Anthem suffers hack attack

As many as 80 million customers of US health insurer, Anthem, have had their personal information stolen in a hacking
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3 February 2015

Cerner completes Siemens purchase

US health IT giant Cerner has completed its £870 million ($1.3 billion) acquisition of Siemens Health Services.
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25 September 2014

US and UK work on obesity ‘disruptors’

NHS England has been working with the US Department of Health and Human Services on using data to tackle obesity,
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26 June 2014

Call the nurse?

The drive to appoint chief nursing information officers to US healthcare systems is stuttering; and CNIOs can end up doing
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12 June 2014

VA enveloped in scandal

The much-admired Veterans Health Administration has become mired in a massive waiting times scandal. On the day that the FBI
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11 June 2014

Clinical informatics: in the US, it’s certifiable

Neil Versel starts a short series about the advances made by US clinical information leaders by reporting on the first
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7 March 2014

US and UK take forward health IT MoU

The US and UK are working together on harmonising quality indicators, releasing and using health data, the Blue Button initiative,
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12 February 2014

Hunt predicts US-UK ‘single market’

A memorandum of understanding signed by the US and UK will help to create the world’s largest single market for
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23 January 2014

US-UK sign healthcare IT MoU

NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre will sign a healthcare IT memorandum of understanding with the
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