Barts virus caused ‘major internal incident’

Last November’s Mytob worm attack on the network of Barts and the London NHS Trust led to its ‘major internal incident’
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HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements
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Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today
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Study on progress to European e-health space

Details have been released of a new EU-funded study into measuring progress towards an interoperable e-health space The objectives of
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Australia warns of e-health fragmentation

Australia requires a national co-ordinated approach on e-health, or risks creating duplication and fragmentation, states a new national e-health report.
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Report on telehealth workshop published

The European Commission’s ICT for Health unit has released a report from its November ‘procuring for health benefits’ telehealth workshop.
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Obama urged to commit $25 billion to health IT

The US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have urged President Obama to invest a minimum of $25 billion in
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Bath extends deal with IBM for legacy system

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust has signed a one-year, £520,000 deal with IBM to extend support for its hospital
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Millennium delays cost Kingston £500,000

Delays to the delivery of a Cerner Millennium electronic record system at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust have cost it more
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Pan-European 112 emergency number a reality

Citizens across all European Union countries can now access emergency services by dialling 112, the single European emergency number. The
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