First European deal for HealthVault
Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement to licence Microsoft’s personal health record platform, HealthVault, in Germany.
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Cloudy outlook on government ICT
The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector.
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Philips makes more money on fewer sales
Philips has announced a 1% decline in comparable sales in its healthcare sector despite strong growth in emerging markets. The company reported sales of €2.4 billion in Q4 2009, compared to €2.6 billion in Q4 2008. However, the company’s earnings before interest, tax and amortisation increased from €343m in Q4 2008 to €452m in Q4 […]
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BMA wants tech to save boundaries
The introduction of videophones and webcams in GP surgeries would be a better way of improving patient access than scrapping practice boundaries, according to the British Medical Association. The doctors’ union has recommended a series of local solutions plus changes to the national ‘temporary resident’ system as an alternative to government plans to remove practice […]
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US doctors paid €30,000 to use EHR
North Shore Hospital Group on Long Island, New York is offering 7,000 doctors incentives of up to €28,500 each over five years to adopt digital patient records. The hospital has already made a €284m ($400m) commitment to digitise patient records throughout its system, which includes 13 hospitals, following the promise made last year by Barack […]
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CfH gives go-ahead for IE7
NHS Connecting for Health has said organisations still using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 should move to IE7, following security concerns about the older browser. The Department of Health signed a national licensing deal with Microsoft in October 2001 that lead to the majority of NHS trusts using IE 6 for internet and intranet access. In […]
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Do more, with less
Department of Health policy and informatics guidance lays bare the scale of the challenge facing the NHS as the credit crunch bites. Lyn Whitfield works her way through 140 pages of policy documents and plans.
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Milton Keynes first on Microsoft Amalga
Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust has become the first UK customer for Microsoft’s healthcare data aggregation platform.
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One in ten child prescriptions wrong
More than one in ten prescriptions given to children in hospitals contain errors and almost a fifth of drugs are incorrectly administered, according to a newly published study by the University of London. The study is believed to be the largest of its kind in the UK and reports far higher error rates than previous […]
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France and Germany issue IE warning
The French government has followed Germany in warning internet users not to use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and to find an alternative browser in order to protect security.
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