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26 January 2006

Strong growth projected in French health ICT

A new analysis of the French health ICT market published by Frost and Sullivan argues that an increased emphasis on
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23 January 2006

CfH due for restructuring in DH shuffle

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has signalled that it will undergo restructuring later this year as part of a wider
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23 January 2006

More focus on research needed in NPfIT, says report

Leading academic medical researchers say that the Care Record Guarantee currently makes commitments that, if strictly interpreted would prevent a
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19 January 2006

Ofcom calls for review of hospital phone charges

A review group is to be set up to look at hospital bedside telephone and entertainment services and see whether
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18 January 2006

GP says C+B not economic for his practice

A GP has claimed the newly-announced incentives on offer for Choose and Book will still make it uneconomical for his
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17 January 2006

PCT reorganisation unsettles IT community

The NHS IT community has echoed the House of Commons health select committee’s criticism of the government’s latest reorganisation of PCTs, expressing unease
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10 January 2006

Value of infection control software highlighted

Infection control software is a worthwhile investment for trusts, but care must be taken in staff training, configuration and connecting
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3 January 2006

Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards

Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and
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21 December 2005

InterSystems chosen for Dutch e-health programme

InterSystems Corporation has been selected by CSC Computer Sciences BV to provide its Ensemble integration platform for a national healthcare
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13 December 2005

National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
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