21 January 2009

United Healthcare settles on ‘fixed’ database claims

Two of the largest US health insurers have agreed deals to pay tens of millions of dollars to create independent
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20 January 2009

Agfa-Gavaert receives €18.5 Canadian grant

Belgian imaging technology group Agfa-Gevaert says it has received a grant of €18.5 ($29.6m Canadian) from the Ontario government to
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19 January 2009

Study finds US PHR use remains low

Despite high levels of interest, the vast majority of US citizens have yet to use or create a personal health
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16 January 2009

Rotherham and Barnsley ASCC procurement

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley NHS Foundation Trust have become among the first in the country to complete a
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16 January 2009

Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS

Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and
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15 January 2009

Barts virus caused ‘major internal incident’

Last November’s Mytob worm attack on the network of Barts and the London NHS Trust led to its ‘major internal incident’
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13 January 2009

HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements
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6 January 2009

Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today
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2 January 2009

Study on progress to European e-health space

Details have been released of a new EU-funded study into measuring progress towards an interoperable e-health space The objectives of
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30 December 2008

Australia warns of e-health fragmentation

Australia requires a national co-ordinated approach on e-health, or risks creating duplication and fragmentation, states a new national e-health report.
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