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12 July 2018

British success story Medopad sets sights on US health tech market

British healthtech start-up Medopad has announced that it is expanding across the Atlantic following a whirlwind success story in the
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9 March 2018

US government doubles down on health interoperability at HIMSS

New national initiatives on interoperability, including big fines for interoperability ā€˜blockersā€™, were outlined at the annual HIMSS18 trade show in
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app round up
9 March 2018

Mobile health and apps news in brief

This month's mobile health and apps roundup sees a prescription delivery app crowned Best British Mobile Startup 2018 at Mobile
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18 June 2014

Executive focus

The chief information officer of a US hospital is a powerful figure, reporting directly to the chief executive. It wasnā€™t
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14 February 2011

Canada commits Ā£239m to EMR investment

Canadian ehealth body Health Infoway is to invest Ā£239m to fund electronic medical record systems in community-based practices and outpatient
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19 January 2011

BCS calls for EPRs within five years

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has called for England to follow in the footsteps of the US by ensuring
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11 May 2010

US study finds barcodes make meds safer

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded that using barcodes as a verification technology with an
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28 January 2010

First European deal for HealthVault

Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement to licence Microsoftā€™s personal health record platform, HealthVault, in Germany.
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23 February 2009

InterSystems Iberia wins computing prize

InterSystems Iberia, the Spanish arm of US health database and integration technology specialist InterSystems, has been awarded Spain’s national prize of
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13 August 2008

Health bodies to get details of citizens’ email and internet use

Public bodies in the UK, including health authorities, could be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text
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