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4 January 2008

MPs call for data loss to be a crime

Reckless or repeated breaches of data security should become a criminal offence, the House of Commons Justice Select Committee has
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2 January 2008

Computer interfaces without keyboards

A group of European scientists have used acoustic sensors to turn wooden tabletops and even three-dimensional objects into a new
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31 December 2007

Keyboard-free access could benefit health

A group of European scientists have used acoustic sensors to turn wooden tabletops and even three-dimensional objects into a new
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27 December 2007

EC may reconsider patient information rules

The European Commission is considering tabling legislation next year that would change the rules on the information that drug companies
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21 December 2007

German doctors switch on to Web 2.0

The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel
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20 December 2007

EU tables proposals for health single market

The European Commission says EU citizens will be allowed to opt to receive healthcare in any member state, under new
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19 December 2007

US group calls for national patient IDs

America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to
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18 December 2007

2008: the year telecare grows up?

A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
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13 December 2007

Agfa-Gevaert appoints new CEO

Jo Cornu, CEO of Agfa-Gevaert NV The board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert has appointed Jo Cornu as chief executive officer of
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11 December 2007

The ECCA launches e-campaign

The European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA) has launched its first ever e-campaign to call for effective cervical cancer prevention programmes
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