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Securing NHS Care Records

Duncan McNeil, chief technology officer for the National Programme for IT, explains how new NHS Smartcards will be used to
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OGC publishes new standard public IT contract terms

The Office of Government Commerce has announced new standard contract terms which are aimed at speeding up the tendering process
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GE wins £110m PACS contract for South of England

GE Healthcare has signed with Fujitsu Services Ltd to provide Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) across the whole of
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DH hoping for 50% takeup of new Xansa deal

The Department of Health has announced final details of its NHS shared financial services partnership with IT services firm Xansa,
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Implementing PACS

Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go
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Cerner to buy private physician system supplier

Kansas-based Cerner Corp. has today announced that it has signed an agreement to buy the Medical Division of VitalWorks Inc,
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Evening classes for electronic records?

Adult education courses to explain what the new electronic patient care record does and how it can be used in
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EMIS pilots GP booking through digital TV

EMIS has joined up with a South Yorkshire local government digital TV portal to allow patients to book GP appointments
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Microsoft signs new software deal with NPfIT

Health minister John Hutton has announced a three-year software licensing deal with Microsoft, claiming savings for the NHS of up
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Open source software could save NHS money

The Office of Government Commerce has made recommendations that public procurement of software should consider open source solutions, citing, amongst
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