Health Information More Popular than Games or Chat
More young people go online to search for health information than to play games, chat or take part in other popular Internet activities associated with the age group. A new US report, "Generation Rx.com", by the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 68% of the population aged 15-24 use online media to learn about diabetes, AIDS […]
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Torex Buys Oxhealth.com to Develop Electronic Health Records
In the latest of a string of recent acquisitions Torex Health has announced it is to purchase Oxhealth.com Ltd, in a deal that will see Torex taking over one of the NHS ERDIP (Electronic Record Development and Implementation Programme) pilot sites. Torex Health will pay £375,000 for Oxhealth.com, through the issue of 50,113 Torex ordinary […]
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Milburn Pledges New IT Money and Partnerships
Health Secretary Alan Milburn used a Microsoft-sponsored Department of Health (DH) IT conference attended by Bill Gates to pledge an extra £85m for NHS IT in 2002-2003. Health secretary Alan Milburn admitted on 6 December 2001 that hard pressed hospitals had diverted IT allocations last year to meet other priorities. "I should have earmarked it […]
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Department of Health awards £325m HR and Payroll Contract
The UK Department of Health (DH) has awarded a £325 million contract — the largest IT contract yet awarded within the NHS — for an integrated HR and payroll system for the NHS in England and Wales to a consortium led by US health IT firm McKesson. The HR and Payroll contract, described as the […]
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iSOFT Appoints European Chief Executive
Manchester-based health information firm iSOFT Group plc has appointed Ken Jacobson as European Chief Executive, indicating added emphasis on an extended European acquisitions strategy. As European CEO, Jacobson will be responsible for consolidating iSOFT’s position in the development of healthcare information systems and will focus on organic and acquisitive growth across Europe. He takes up […]
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PKI Token System Adopted for Australian Health System
The Australian Health Insurance Commission has awarded a contract to Rainbow eSecurity, a provider of transaction security solutions, to provide Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based Internet security systems to be deployed across the Australian healthcare system. The introduction of reliable, secure confidential electronic communications will enable confidential patient information and data to be exchanged electronically, providing a […]
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Wanless on Information Technology
The UK health service has a poor record on the use of information and communication technology and spending in this area will need to grow at a faster rate over the next 20 years to catch up and keep up with other countries, according to the Wanless Report on NHS funding. Most of the headlines […]
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Care Pathways Database Added to NELH
A list of over 2,000 care pathways, in use or under development in over 200 NHS organisations, has been added to the National electronic Library for Health (NeLH) in a new care pathways database. The new database is intended to help cut down on duplication of effort, improve collaboration and speed up the implementation of […]
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HealthNexis Merges with Global Health Exchange
Online health e-business firms Global Healthcare Exchange(GHX) and HealthNexis have announced plans to combine their operations into a single, comprehensive Internet-based exchange. Supplier members of both organisations will be connected to GHX’s growing membership of 70 integrated delivery networks (IDNs), representing nearly 600 hospitals. The combined exchange will operate under the name Global Healthcare Exchange, […]
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DH Wants Board-Level Information Leads in New SHAs
The Department of Health has signalled that it wants to see information management and technology represented at the highest levels in the new NHS strategic health authorities (SHAs). Director of research, analysis and information, Sir John Pattison, told the NHS Information Authority’s annual conference that health minister Lord Hunt was “very keen to establish IM&T […]
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