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25 July 2008

European Court fines Finland for data breach

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect
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24 July 2008

New mammography module allows double-checks

A new mammography module for the Kodak Carestream Radiology Information System has helped to improve mammography screening administration in three
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23 July 2008

Fujitsu exit costs Cerner £89m in lost bookings

Cerner has said the termination of Fujitsu’s contract as local service provider to the Southern Programme for IT cost it
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23 July 2008

Act paves way for NIGB

The National Information Governance Board is to become a statutory body, replacing the Patient Information Advisory Group, following Royal Assent
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22 July 2008

Strategy for greener government IT

Government departments and executive agencies are being asked to take steps to reduce the energy consumption of their IT systems
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22 July 2008

SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans

The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to
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21 July 2008

Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based
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17 July 2008

Nine in ten patients satisfied with GP access

Nearly nine in ten patients are satisfied with their ability to get through to their GP practice on the telephone,
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17 July 2008

Gieseke and Devrient wins smartcard contract

Electronic Healthcare Card Munich-based identity technology specialist Giesecke & Devrient has won a contract from the German health insurer Kaufmännische
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15 July 2008

Data Sharing Review has messages for the NHS

Patients who consent to a course of treatment should be presumed to have given “implied consent” to having their data
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