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Medting creates global image repository

A Spanish medical informatics consultant is enlisting researchers and practitioners in an attempt to create what might be the first
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CfH clinical lead thinks future may be Lorenzo

NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical lead for hospital doctors has predicted that iSoft’s Lorenzo “could be used more” than Cerner’s
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DH looks at single urgent care number

The Department of Health has said that it will publish proposals for a single, national telephone number for urgent care
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Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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Dutch EPR rollout on track

The Dutch national electronic patient record project is progressing slowly, but steadily. Sixty five doctors have been connected to the
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Hospitals to assess satisfaction ‘in real time’

Health secretary Alan Johnson told the Labour Party conference yesterday that he wants to see NHS trusts collecting “immediate feedback”
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IHE publishes tendering recommendations

The German section of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has published a paper advising hospital representatives on how to phrase
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Alston Healthcare plans telehealth project

Alston Healthcare, one of the Department of Health’s 26 social enterprise pathfinder projects, is working on a telehealth project. The
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Keogh outlines priorities for new head of IT

NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has stepped down as the Department of Health’s interim director general for informatics and
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Siemens wins €28m Korean contract

Siemens has announced that it has secured a €28m contract to equip eight Korean hospitals with medical systems, in what
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