20 July 2006

Follow my lead

Michael Cross looks at how NPfIT is lead by wider government priorities and who the real driving force behind the
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20 July 2006

South Tees implements spinal injuries EHR

South Tees NHS Trust has implemented an electronic patient record system for patients with spinal injuries. The system, MAXIMS Clinical
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19 July 2006

Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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19 July 2006

Major Multilex DDF update to support CfH requirements

First Databank Europe (FDBE) has completed a major upgrade to its Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) to include integration
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19 July 2006

Online clinical incident reporting cuts admin

A primary care trust has deployed a web-based reporting tool to log clinical incidents in real time. Last month 64% of
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18 July 2006

Choose and Book progresses amid target row

More than 20% of referrals are now being made using Choose and Book, according to latest figures from NHS Connecting
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18 July 2006

Hospital mobile phone blanket bans criticised

Both the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Parliament’s Health Select Committee have said that there are no technical
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18 July 2006

Public awareness low on e-health services

A picture of low public awareness of electronic health services emerges from a new survey of users with NHS Direct,
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18 July 2006

Warning on good practice in data sharing

The Information Commissioner (IC) has issued a warning to the government and other public bodies to share data properly or
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17 July 2006

Wirral rolls out electronic ordering to GPs

GP practices across Wirral and surrounding areas in North-west England are due to rollout a new electronic ordering system for
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