27 June 2006

CfH still sidelining doctors, BMA chair claims

The chairman of the British Medical Association has told his members that “another year has been wasted” in efforts to
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26 June 2006

Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems

The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not
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26 June 2006

Scotland chooses Anite for social care integration

Public sector IT provider Anite and the Scottish Executive have signed a national contract that aims to deliver inter-agency access
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26 June 2006

BT said to be considering iSoft bid

BT was reported at the weekend to be drawing up plans to bid for iSoft, the troubled health software company
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23 June 2006

Press gang

Have long-running allegations of media bias against the National Programme for IT any basis in fact? IT journalist Michael Cross
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23 June 2006

Less than 1.5% of electronic prescriptions seamless

E-Health Insider has learned that of the 1.6m electronic prescriptions issued by the Electronic Prescription Service, just under 30,000 have
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22 June 2006

Unison condemns offshore medical transcription

NHS trusts that outsource the transcription of medical notes to South Africa, the Philippines and India received a sharp rebuke
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22 June 2006

GP system users ‘super’ group to be formed

A new user group covering all the suppliers involved in the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative is being set up by NHS
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22 June 2006

Healthy optimism?

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma looks in detail at the NAO report into NPfIT's progress, and how far it covers
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22 June 2006

Teachers’ TV offers e-learning lesson to clinicians

Medical professions could learn a great deal from the education sector in video-based online learning, particularly from projects such as
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