Birmingham and Solihull extends patient RFID tagging

Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it is to further expand its trial of tagging surgical
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iSoft to preview Lorenzo Primary Care at HC2006

iSoft has announced that it will be giving a preview of its new primary care product Lorenzo at this year’s
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Rant or rate?

A NHS-backed social software project is helping patients give feedback online directly to healthcare organisations, finds Fiona Barr.
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Brother releases new printers with multiple trays

Brother has announced new models of printers aimed specifically for primary care that now feature both prescription printing trays and additional
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RCGP backs ‘opt-in’ model for national care records

The Royal College of General Practitioners has decided to back an ‘opt-in’ model for the national NHS Care Records Service
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Delays confirmed for PACS in NWWM

NHS Connecting for Health has acknowledged that the North West and West Midlands region will miss the March 2007 deadline
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Trouble continues over online doctor recruitment

Senior clinicians have expressed concerns that the online selection process for student doctors looking for their first placement is not
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EMIS set to pilot new e-records system

GP computer supplier EMIS is about to pilot its new electronic record system linking practices with community teams including district
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Sentinel enables Sedgefield PCT to log incidents online

Sedgefield Primary Care Trust is reported to have seen a dramatic increase in the reporting of patient safety incidents since
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BCS announces speaker line-up for HC2006

The British Computer Society has announced details of its speaker line-up for this year’s HC2006 health informatics conference at Harrogate,
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