12 January 2010

BT Health boss to lead Oxford Radcliffe

Sir Jonathan Michael, managing director of BT Health, is to become the chief executive of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS
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11 January 2010

VA and Kaiser pilot record sharing

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kaiser Permanente, two of the leading users of electronic health records in
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8 January 2010

No budget for NPfIT agreed post March

No budget for the NHS National Programme for IT has yet been agreed after the end of March, now less
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6 January 2010

Former iSoft directors face court

The Financial Services Authority has today confirmed that it has commenced criminal proceedings against four former directors of iSoft Group
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5 January 2010

US publishes ‘meaningful use’ criteria

The first draft criteria for the federal funding of electronic health records as part of the US’ recovery plans have been published. The
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4 January 2010

Tech vital to medication adherence

Information technology has a vital role to lay in cutting medication-related errors and improving medication adherence among older people, suggests
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4 January 2010

Pedometer use cuts diabetes risk

Using a pedometer as part of a structured education programme could reduce the chances of developing Type 2 diabetes by
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31 December 2009

Nuance buys UK’s Spinvox

UK technology firm Spinvox, which converts voicemails into texts, has been bought by US speech recognition firm Nuance for a
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22 December 2009

Konica Minolta joins COCIR

Konica Minolta has become the latest health technology vendor to join European industry body COCIR.
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21 December 2009

IHTSDO Workbench code made open source

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation is to making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop,
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