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One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Foreign nationals, including children of all ages, will be issued cards from 25 November and will need to produce them in order to get easier access to services including non-emergency healthcare. The card for foreign... [25 Sep 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News Those not using IT cite a lack of training and technical support as major barriers - requesting more IT in medical education, more training and better electronic networking among healthcare practitioners wanting to share... [28 Apr 2008]
Warning over migrant tech skills shortage
News The report said the IT, telecoms and transport sector is responsible for employing the largest number of skilled migrant workers in the UK after education, health and government services - a grouping which includes the thousands of... [25 Mar 2008]
Tech key to vital healthcare savings
News The report states: "European citizens would greatly benefit from cost reductions, coupled with better efficiency of the healthcare systems through the wider development of e-health. The NHS says only 0.6 per cent of... [09 Jan 2008]
Experts tip six technologies to watch
News There should also be a focus on e-health systems which provide healthcare and medical information services online. The CST also suggests there needs to be focus on healthcare technology... [05 Dec 2007]
BlackBerry: And the next killer mobile app is...
News McDowell said other big BlackBerry-based applications will be killer apps for verticals, such as pushing information on potentially hazardous drug combinations to those working in the healthcare service,... [02 Nov 2007]
Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News The company's Lorenzo clinical record software is a core part of the NHS IT programme but iSoft has been hit by protracted financial troubles that have only just led to it being rescued by a £140m takeover from Australian... [18 Jun 2007]
RFID: Brussels may yet reach for red tape
News Gerald Santucci, head of the European Commission unit whose domain includes RFID issues, said he feared rushing to place restrictions on industries hoping to use the technology would choke its potentially valuable application in... [03 Apr 2007]
£500,000 web contract - Nice!
News Its website, www.nice.org.uk, serves to inform members of the public and healthcare professionals through interactive consultations and searchable databases. The new content management system is intended to help NICE... [23 Mar 2007]
Microsoft to buy search start-up
News Microsoft has touted healthcare as one field that has strong potential for enhancement by high technology. Indeed, Medstory is not the only acquisition Microsoft has made in the healthcare sector over... [26 Feb 2007]
Cisco: Businesses will adopt YouTube model
News User interaction and content sharing could be put to use particularly effectively with telemedicine, the Cisco boss believes, where healthcare information could be distributed to those in areas where... [04 Dec 2006]
Sex clinic gives good text
News The system was developed by London-based healthcare software company Softcare Medical with the help of Avanquest and Computer Communications Limited. The information gained from the pilot, along with... [30 Nov 2006]
Libraries to lend a hand to NHS
News The government is to pilot a scheme on public library computers to give people more information about which hospitals they choose for healthcare. Information in NHS Choice booklets -... [14 Nov 2006]
Funding holds back public sector mobile working
News Recent research by Kable predicts UK public sector expenditure on mobile workers will grow from just under £900m in 2005 to £4.3bn over the next 10 years - primarily in local government and healthcare. [12 Oct 2006]
Veterans get free ID monitoring in wake of breach
News This is a gigantic database that contains information from participating credit card companies, financial institutions, telecom companies, retail lenders, government agencies and, soon, healthcare agencies. [11 Aug 2006]
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