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RSS health in newsHealth fears hamper biometrics use
News Companies and organisations that are keen to implement biometric systems may face opposition from some users who are afraid that they could be a health risk, an expert has warned. Although these health fears would appear to be unfounded based on... [03 Nov 2003]
Health organisations 'named and shamed' over Y2K
News In the third of its series of millennium bug reports, called 'Time waits for no one', the Commission listed the names and state of preparedness of all trusts and health authorities. Manchester Health Authority, Mid-Essex Hospital services and... [14 Jul 1999]
'Health scare' mobile masts face Tory crackdown
News The controversial placement of mobile phone masts has run a gauntlet of public disapproval in recent years, being linked to health scares as well as being savaged on aesthetic and environmental grounds - despite oft-lampooned attempts to disguise... [18 Aug 2004]
Health warning to overweight IT managers
News Overweight IT managers are risking their health by smoking and failing to exercise - but they are at least staying off the booze - according to a Bupa study. The survey of health assessment data collected by Bupa over the last year found almost two... [15 Jan 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News A health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it has pulled out of the national NHS IT electronic care record programme because it has lost confidence in the project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu. [22 Jul 2008]
Health minister ploughs funding into research database
News The UK Department of Health has committed £3m to the development a General Practice Research Database (GRPD). The announcement was made yesterday by Health Minster, Baroness Hayman. The research database, which holds the clinical records of four... [21 Apr 1999]
Health expert warns against cutting IT costs
News A leading health economist has warned the UK Government that reducing investment in the health service's information management systems could lead to disaster. Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Economics at York University, was addressing a... [01 Jul 1998]
Health Executive to research call centre safety levels
News The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to launch an investigation into working practices at call centres. The first phase will question workers on health issues such as stress, noise levels and musculo-skeletal disorders the second will focus on... [30 Nov 1999]
Health care records service delayed
News The National Audit Office has published a report on the progress of the Care Records Service that underpins the Connecting for Health programme, which found the software development on the Lorenzo database and associated applications that supports... [16 May 2008]
Health impact of 3G masts under scrutiny
News A new study has been launched to investigate the effect of mobile phone mast emissions on human health. The Electromagnetics and Health (EMH) laboratory at the University of Essex will test the impact of exposure to electromagnetic signals from... [29 Nov 2004]
Health Authority to get £1m VPN from Telewest
News Telewest has won a £1m contract to supply and manage a virtual private data network (VPN) for Bradford Health Authority. The VPN will span hospitals, health centres, GP surgeries and trusts in the Bradford area to allow all primary care groups to... [01 Oct 1999]
Health managers could waste telemedicine money
News The UK Prime Minster's recent pledge to fund IT innovation in the NHS has met with criticism from top health body, the Institute of Health Services Management. The Institute's technology group chairman, Mik Horswell, warned that throwing money at... [15 Jul 1998]
Health-Media.Net wins NHS online training contract
News Online health content company, Health-Media.Net, has won a contract with the NHS to develop Web-based distance-learning software to facilitate the training of 40,000 clinicians across the UK. The project is being run in association with the Academy... [08 Feb 2000]
Health info site never looked better
News The Department of Health's (DoH) NHS Direct service has been radically revamped with a new, properly interactive website and pilot project to provide information via digital TV. The service, aimed at providing health information to citizens without... [28 Nov 2001]
Patient data still at risk as health bill overturned
News Under the proposals, commercial firms and researchers stood to lose their rights to anonymous patient records, putting data under the control of the Department of Health (DoH) instead. Conservative health spokesman Earl Howe told the House: "A... [04 May 2001]
