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18 November 2004

IT key to patient care, says NeLH director

The founding director of the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), Dr Muir Gray, has said that the National Programme
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26 October 2004

Hospital clerk jailed for culling patient data

A hospital worker from Northern Ireland who collected information from the patient records of politicians, senior military and police personnel,
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27 August 2004

Hull green lights A&E patient progress software

IT staff at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have developed an alert system for the A&E department that displays each
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17 August 2004

Electronic patient records secure Athens Olympics

Electronic health records are providing an important piece of security around the Athens 2004 Olympics, thanks to a collaboration between
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30 July 2004

Tele-echography robot allows remote patient scans

A university research team has developed a robotic device that allows a doctor to examine a patient in a remote
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28 July 2004

US medics may be paid to use electronic patient records

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tommy Thompson, has published a 10-year plan that plans to introduce
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10 June 2004

Doctors to vote on national patient record system consent

Doctors attending next week’s British Medical Association Local Medical Committee conference are to vote on whether patients’ records should be
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9 June 2004

EU commissioner vows to increase patient information

The European Commissioner for Health and Human Protection, David Byrne, has promised to take action to improve patients’ access to
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24 May 2004

Barnsley DGH gets ‘chip and pin’ for patient record access

Barnsley District General Hospital (BDGH) has introduced a new smart-card authentication network, giving staff secure access to patient records, and,
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23 October 2003

Fears of patient abuse of e-mail not realised

Doctors’ fears that an e-mail consultation service would be abused turned out to be unfounded, the International e-Health Association Conference
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