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27 October 2009

Nottingham extends cancer solution

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has announced it will deploy a customised reporting solution across 15 of its specialist tumour
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20 October 2009

€22.5m for Dutch biobank network

The Dutch government has awarded a consortium of health research groups €22.5m to establish a national biobanking infrastructure. The project,
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15 October 2009

Jail threat for misuse of personal data

Individuals who “knowingly or recklessly” misuse personal data could face a jail term of up to two years, under proposals
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14 October 2009

Texts double smokers’ quit rate

An international study has shown that programmes that use text messaging to help people stop smoking can double the chances
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12 October 2009

Vet centre

Dr Adam Darkins explains to Neil Versel why telehealth is key to the future of the Veterans Health Administration.
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12 October 2009

e-Health Week 2010 announced

The World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference and Exhibition and the ministerial event known as the High Level e-Health Conference
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9 October 2009

ContactPoint roll out confirmed

The national roll-out of the children’s database ContactPoint is to go ahead from later this month, the government has announced.
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8 October 2009

iSoft to go direct to South with Lorenzo

ISoft has confirmed that it will start selling Lorenzo directly to NHS trusts in the South of England, in a
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6 October 2009

NHS24 absorbs Scottish telehealth body

The Scottish Centre for Telehealth will become part of NHS24, the special health board that runs Scotland’s national health helpline
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6 October 2009

Dutch health system tops Euro survey

The Netherlands has the best healthcare system in Europe, according to the annual Euro Health Consumer Index. The index compares
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