14 February 2007

Doubts raised on potential iSoft sale to McKesson

The potential £200m sale of iSoft may be in jeopardy, according to a report in the Times today which says
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14 February 2007

Crisp report says eHealth needed in developing world

The UK should give increased emphasis to the use of ICT and other new technologies in improving health and health
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14 February 2007

Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing

A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the
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13 February 2007

OJEU notice signals start of GP systems procurement

Procurement for GP Systems of Choice will begin this week and be complete in three months’ time, finally delivering the
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13 February 2007

GP questions Hewitt on ‘vanishing’ C+B services

A GP has questioned health secretary Patricia Hewitt about the use of Choose and Book for demand management as a
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13 February 2007

New Cerner deployment goes live in Hampshire

Another health community within the Southern Cluster has gone live with Cerner’s Milllennium patient administration system, delivered by local service provider,
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13 February 2007

Let patients see correspondence, says DH

The Department of Health will be writing to primary care professional bodies, urging them to encourage members to copy patients
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13 February 2007

CD record transfers opposed by Hampshire PCT

A primary care trust has recommended that GP practices do not transfer patient records using a CD citing concerns over
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12 February 2007

New e-qualification launched for teen cancer care

Coventry University claimed a first today with the launch of what it describes as a “global virtual classroom created to
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12 February 2007

West Middlesex deploys cancer pathway CIS

 In a bid to get better cancer datasets, West Middlesex University Hospital has begun implementation of a new clinical information
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