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21 August 2007

Germany’s Barmer begins PHR trial

Barmer, Germany’s largest insurance company, is to begin a national evaluation of the effects personal health records (PHR) have on
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20 August 2007

Most internet pharmacies unregulated

The majority of online drug retail websites operate without proper credentials and lack e-commerce security features, according to new research
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3 August 2007

Rhineland-Palatina to offer PHR to newborns

The German federal state of Rhineland-Palatina is to offer all its newborn infants a smartcard-based personal health record (PHR) on
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1 August 2007

EU data privacy legislation speeding e-health

European legislation is helping to speed up development of healthcare IT infrastructure, whilst maintaining patient data privacy and security across
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1 August 2007

CfH awards BT contract to replace NSTS

A new service developed by BT, called the Demographics Batch Service (DBS) is set to replace the NHS Strategic Tracing
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31 July 2007

Community network for St Helens and Knowsley

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link
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25 July 2007

Concern about USB sticks used for handovers

The security of data stored on USB sticks has been called into question following the theft of a stick containing
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19 July 2007

RFID use in healthcare on the rise

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in healthcare across the globe now accounts for almost 9% of global RFID
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18 July 2007

Capgemini wins ContactPoint child database contract

Capgemini has been awarded a £40m contract by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to build and host
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16 July 2007

Your data or your life?

Bill McAvoy of Quicksilva argues that developing an information integration strategies provides the foundation for joined up public services.
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