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17 August 2007

German smartcard rollout brought forward

In a surprise move, the German health IT agency, Gematik, has accelerated the schedule of the German national smartcard project
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14 August 2007

Malta awards Euros 15.8m health IT contract

The Maltese Government has awarded US Affiliated Computer Services, Inc a seven-year, Euros 15.8m ($21m) contract to provide modern health
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13 August 2007

NHS 24 struggles to cope with rise in calls

NHS 24, Scotland’s national health information phoneline, is struggling to cope with a rise in phone calls from patients. The
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10 August 2007

Government refuses independent review of NPfIT

The government has refused to hold an independent review of the National Programme for IT in their response to the
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10 August 2007

Barriers to telehealth spelt out

Barriers and possible solutions to the implementation of telecare and telehealth have been set out in latest advice from the
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9 August 2007

Staffordshire PCTs hit retinopathy target

Malcolm Gray screens patient Three Staffordshire primary care trusts have managed to meet national targets and screen over 28,000 patients
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8 August 2007

Ireland to invest Euros 500m in e-health

The Irish Government will commit almost half a billion Euros of investment to e-health when it publishes its National Development
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6 August 2007

ESR approaches one million NHS staff

The ninth wave of NHS organisations have gone live with the integrated HR and payroll system, the NHS Electronic Staff
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2 August 2007

60 second interview: Jonathan Kay

In our latest 60 second interview Jonathan Kay, Prof. of Health Informatics at City University, answers EHI's questions.
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1 August 2007

RFID on the frontline

Using RFID to track high value medical equipment can save time and money, argues, Cisco's Terry Espiner.
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