EHTEL and EuroRec symposium
The focus of e-health is shifting from connecting systems to connecting people, a symposium ahead of this year’s World of Health IT conference will be told.
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UK group urges rethink on drug advertising
An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans to change the rules on the information that drug companies can provide to patients. Spearheaded by consumer lobbyist Which?, the group has sent a letter to the Commission asking it to reconsider its plans to […]
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Ascribe acquires WCI Healthcare
UK Healthcare IT software specialist Ascribe Group Plc has acquired WCI Consulting Ltd’s healthcare division. The purchase of the consultancy will bolster Ascribe’s implementation capabilities, enabling it to offer NHS trusts its range of specialist clinical software systems, together with associated implementation and business change consultancy. Stephen Critchlow, executive chairman of Ascribe, said the deal would enable […]
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Nicholson reinforces encryption message
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has asked NHS chief executives to check that their organisations are encrypting all removable data. In a letter to the NHS, Mr Nicholson asks chief executives to “conduct a review to ensure your organisation has fully implemented the policy that all removable data must be encrypted” and that it is […]
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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 truly global online repository of medical images and multimedia for physicians. “The idea is to create a Web community,” says Miguel Cabrer, president of Medting.com. The interactive site, formerly known as MDPIXX, also includes platforms […]
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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 Millennium in the future, as web-based technologies come to the fore. Responding to a question at this week’s Primis + conference in Nottingham, Dr Robert Pitcher confirmed that NHS organisations in the South were looking […]
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Pringle outlines future of PRIMIS +
The strategic director of PRIMIS + has said that the organisation is looking to add value to its CHART audit software, in order to enhance benefits for primary care trusts. Speaking at the annual PRIMIS + conference in Nottingham, Professor Mike Pringle acknowledged that CHART is “clunky” and said that it is “very keen” to […]
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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 later this year. Responding to this week’s Healthcare Commission report on emergency and urgent care, the DH said: “As announced in Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS, we are looking at the benefits of a […]
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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 Commission says today. Its latest report, Not Just a Matter of Time, shows that important information on patient care is often not shared between different parts of the urgent and emergency care system. It says […]
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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 infrastructure so far. By the end of the year, this number will increase to 200. “We are confident that we can stick to our goal and have all 8,000 GPs using the national electronic patient […]
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