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Technology Adoption Likely to be Slow in 2002, say Gartner

Technology advances such as the use of XML, mobile technologies, speech recognition, workflow, business process management and public key infrastructure
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BT to Deliver the Technology for Scotland’s NHS 24

NHS 24, the Scottish version of NHS Direct, has placed a £20.5m contract with BT to provide the telephone communications
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Government Response to Kennedy Throws Spotlight on Information

A new Office of Information on Health Care Performance is to be set up as part of the government response
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IT Investment Gives Californian HMO an Edge Over the NHS

A comparison of the NHS and non-profit Californian health maintenance organisation, Kaiser Permanante, has revealed that investment in information technology
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Software Package Aims to Beat the Blues

The Priory Hospital North London is to trial an innovative PC-based multi-media tool called ‘Beating the Blues’ to help patients
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Primary Care Organisations at Crossroads on IT

New guidance on information and information systems for primary care organisations produced by the Primary Care Information Modernisation Programme (PCIMP)
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Report Says NHS Likely to Miss EPR Targets

A key report published one year on from the NHS IT strategy update ‘Building the Information Core’ warns that almost
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Seminars to Drive Message on Information Security

The NHS Information Authority has embarked on a mission to explain the international standard on information security management, ISO 17799,
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2002 to be Year E-Health Grows Up

As the dust of the dotcom crash clears, 2002 will be the year that the e-health gets down to business
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Videophones to Link Deaf, Interpreters and Health Professionals

A new remote sign language interpretation service which uses a network of videophones to provide interpretation services in consultations between
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