Leeds council develops Person Held Record for locals
Leeds locals may soon be able to prevent further health issues following the development of an open platform Person Held Record.
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Gartner says NHS over-reliant on closed systems
Technology analysis firm Gartner expresses concerns over the NHS IT market, saying it is too reliant on closed proprietary systems.
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US Veterans Association picks Cerner to replace VistA EHR
The US Department of Veterans Affairs will replace its ageing VistA EHR by adopting the same Cerner platform as the US Department of Defense.
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Ireland details €875m EHR plans
Ireland is planning to spend up to €875 (£700m) on building an electronic health record over the next five to nine years.
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US calls out health information blockers
Health IT suppliers have been called out for blocking information flows to promote their narrow economic interests ahead of the biggest US health IT event of the year.
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NHS will be dependent on EHRs – Hunt
The health service will become “totally dependent” on electronic health records over the next five years, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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Cerner to market CareAware iBus in EU
Cerner has announced that it has received CE Marking certification from the British Standards Authority for a new product that enables the exchange of information between medical devices and electronic health records.
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A third of US hospitals now have EHRs
Czech Republic registers 2m for EHR
The IZIP electronic health record programme in the Czech Republic has hit its target of registering 2m users by the end of the summer 2010. More than a fifth of the country’s population is now using the eZK (electronic health record) that allows patients to access their own health information – including information on visits, […]
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Bulgarian military deploys smart cards
Bulgaria has begun deploying smart cards to provide secure access to the electronic health records of military personnel and their family.
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